ON A LOCAL MOVE FOR VIRTUAL KNOTS AND LINKS

Abstract

We define a local move called a CF-move on virtual link diagrams, and show that any virtual knot can be deformed into a trivial knot by using generalized Reidemeister moves and CF-moves. Moreover, we define a new virtual link invariant n(L) for a virtual 2-component link L whose virtual linking number is an integer. Then we give necessary and sufficient conditions for two virtual 2-component links to be deformed into each other by using generalized Reidemeister moves and CF-moves in terms of a virtual linking number and n(L).