Nullification Writhe and Chirality of Alternating Links

DOI10.1142/S0218216597000340MaRDI QIDQ4376904zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Corinne Cerf

Publication date 24 August 1998

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9612005

zbMATH Keywords

chirality of knots and links

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: In this paper, we show how to split the writhe of reduced projections of oriented alternating links into two parts, called nullification writhe, or wx, and remaining writhe, or wy, such that the sum of these quantities equals the writhe w, and each quantity remains an invariant of isotopy. The chirality of oriented alternating links can be detected by a non-zero wx or wy, which constitutes an improvement compared to the detection of chirality by a non-zero w. An interesting corollary is that all oriented alternating links with an even number of components are chiral, a result that also follows from properties of the Conway polynomial.

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