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A Note on Unlinking Numbers of Montesinos Links
Kimihiko MOTEGI
Departmento of Mathematics
Nihon University
Tokyo 156 — Japan

Received: November 21, 1994
 
ABSTRACT

Let K (resp. L ) be a Montesinos knot (resp. link) with at least four branches. Then we show the unknotting number (resp. unlinking number) of K (resp. L ) is greater than 1.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 57M25.