An Alexander polynomial for MOY graphs

DOI10.1007/S00029-020-00556-8MaRDI QIDQ2174756zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 27 April 2020

Published in Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.09092

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialMOY graphMOY-type relationsstate sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot polynomials (57K14) Finite-type and quantum invariants, topological quantum field theories (TQFT) (57K16) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

Abstract: We introduce an Alexander polynomial for MOY graphs. For a framed trivalent MOY graph $mathbbG$, we refine the construction and obtain a framed ambient isotopy invariant $Delt{a}_{(mathbbG,c)}(t)$. The invariant $Delt{a}_{(mathbbG,c)}(t)$ satisfies a series of relations, which we call MOY-type relations, and conversely these relations determine $Delt{a}_{(mathbbG,c)}(t)$. Using them we provide a graphical definition of the Alexander polynomial of a link. Finally, we discuss some properties and applications of our invariants.

Review text

It is well known that there exist diverse versions of Alexander polynomials for spatial graphs. In this paper, the authors introduce another non equivalent version of an Alexander polynomial for a class of spatial graphs called MOY graphs. For a framed trivalent MOY graph, they can fix a normalization of the Alexander polynomial so that it is a well-defined rational function invariant under framed ambient isotopy. Moreover, they write down a set of 10 MOY-type relations which uniquely chracterize this polynomial and provide a graphical definition of the Alexander polynomial of a link. Furthermore, they discuss some properties and topological applications of this polynomial and give a necessary condition for the planarity of a graph in terms of the coefficients of its Alexander polynomial.

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