Tangles and the Gromov invariant

Colin C. Adams
1989 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society  
Previous results about mutant knots are extended to show that the Gromov invariant of a knot or link is preserved when a chain of tangles which make up the knot or link is permuted.
doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1989-0964451-4 fatcat:4dullv6d3jcmvop6yyx723xsre