Shadows, ribbon surfaces, and quantum invariants

DOI10.4171/QT/90MaRDI QIDQ2360092zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alessio Carrega, Bruno Martelli

Publication date 23 June 2017

Published in Quantum Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5983

zbMATH Keywords

Kauffman bracketribbon linksshadows

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Abstract: Eisermann has shown that the Jones polynomial of a $n$-component ribbon link $Lsubset{S}^3$ is divided by the Jones polynomial of the trivial $n$-component link. We improve this theorem by extending its range of application from links in $S^3$ to colored knotted trivalent graphs in $$, the connected sum of $ggeqslant0$ copies of $S^{2}imes{S}^1$. We show in particular that if the Kauffman bracket of a knot in $$ has a pole in $q=i$ of order $n$, the ribbon genus of the knot is at least $fracn+12$. We construct some families of knots in $$ for which this lower bound is sharp and arbitrarily big. We prove these estimates using Turaev shadows.

Review text

An \(n\)-component link \(L\subset S^3\) is called a ribbon link if it bounds \(n\) immersed disks with only ``ribbon singularities -- like a ribbon through a piece of paper. \textit{M. Eisermann} showed in [Geom. Topol. 13, No. 2, 623--660 (2009; Zbl 1178.57002)] that the Jones polynomial of an \(n\)-component ribbon link is divisible by the Jones polynomial of the \(n\)-component trivial link. This result is one of the very few examples where the Jones polynomial determines the topology of links. Eisermann's proof is based on the skein relations of the Jones polynomial. The paper under review uses the Turaev shadows to give a new proof of Eisermann's result. In doing so, the authors also obtain similar results for colored knotted trivalent graphs in \(\sharp_g(S^2\times S^1)\), the connected sum of \(g\) copies of \(S^2\times S^1\). For knots in \(\sharp_g(S^2\times S^1)\), these results lead to a lower bound of the ribbon genus, which is shown to be sharp for some families of knots.

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