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Sossinsky:Knots. Mathematics with a twist.pdf - English

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24 KNOTS<br />

Figure 2.9. Perestroika of a country in turmoil.<br />

Vogel's algorithm can now be presented in the form of a "program"<br />

written in a sort of "pseudo-Pascal":<br />

Do smoothing<br />

While: There is a disjoint region<br />

Do perestroika<br />

Do smoothing<br />

End while<br />

While: The Seifert circles are not nested<br />

Do change infinity<br />

End while<br />

Stop<br />

Most of this language was explained above, but the command Do<br />

change infinity requires clarification: it means taking one of the small-

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