Connected sum and crossing numbers of flat virtual knots
Abstract
The connected sum of two flat virtual knots depends on the choice of diagrams and basepoints. We show that any minimal crossing diagram of a composite flat virtual knot is a connected sum diagram. We also show the crossing number of flat virtual knots is super-additive under connected sum.
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