Minimal surface representations of virtual knots and links

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DOI10.2140/AGT.2005.5.509zbMATH Open1083.57007arXivmath/0401035OpenAlexW2096213861MaRDI QIDQ2571355FDOQ2571355


Authors: Heather A. Dye, Louis Kauffman Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 November 2005

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Kuperberg [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 3 (2003) 587-591] has shown that a virtual knot corresponds (up to generalized Reidemeister moves) to a unique embedding in a thichened surface of minimal genus. If a virtual knot diagram is equivalent to a classical knot diagram then this minimal surface is a sphere. Using this result and a generalised bracket polynomial, we develop methods that may determine whether a virtual knot diagram is non-classical (and hence non-trivial). As examples we show that, except for special cases, link diagrams with a single virtualization and link diagrams with a single virtual crossing are non-classical.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0401035




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