Beads Knot : toward an integrated editor of knot diagrams

In this paper, we introduce a project Beads Knot of building an integrated editor of mathematical knot diagrams. As an editor of mathematical knots, Knot Plot is very famous. This software allows us to simulate three dimensional shapes of knots. On the other hands, our system is based on a picture on the two dimensional plane, called a knot diagram. In the current stage, Beads Knot allows users to load a scanned image of a knot diagram, to manipulate Reidemeister moves on a knot diagram, and to modify a shape of a knot diagram to get a standard configuration of the knot diagram