A discrete Morse perspective on knot projections and a generalised clock theorem

DOI10.37236/9979zbMATH Open1479.57004arXiv2010.05833OpenAlexW3181804175MaRDI QIDQ2039999FDOQ2039999

Authors: Daniele Celoria, Naya Yerolemou 

Publication date: 6 July 2021

Published in: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain a simple and complete characterisation of which matchings on the Tait graph of a knot diagram induce a discrete Morse function (dMf) on $S^2$, extending a construction due to Cohen. We show these dMfs are in bijection with certain rooted spanning forests in the Tait graph. We use this to count the number of such dMfs with a closed formula involving the graph Laplacian. We then simultaneously generalise Kauffman's Clock Theorem and Kenyon-Propp-Wilson's correspondence in two different directions; we first prove that the image of the correspondence induces a bijection on perfect dMfs, then we show that all perfect matchings, subject to an admissibility condition, are related by a finite sequence of click and clock moves. Finally, we study and compare the matching and discrete Morse complexes associated to the Tait graph, in terms of partial Kauffman states, and provide some computations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.05833

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zbMATH Keywords

discrete Morse theoryclock theoremKauffman statesKenyon-Propp-Wilson correspondenceKPW correspondence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.) (05C70) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) Knot theory (57K10) Discrete Morse theory and related ideas in manifold topology (57Q70)

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