Meta-monoids, meta-bicrossed products, and the Alexander polynomial

DOI10.1142/S0218216513500582MaRDI QIDQ2859565zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Dror Bar-Natan, Sam Selmani

Publication date 8 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5689

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialmeta-groupsmeta-monoidsmeta-bicrossed productsmonoid computertangle invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other generalizations of groups (20N99)

Abstract: We introduce a new invariant of tangles along with an algebraic framework in which to understand it. We claim that the invariant contains the classical Alexander polynomial of knots and its multivariable extension to links. We argue that of the computationally efficient members of the family of Alexander invariants, it is the most meaningful. These are lecture notes for talks given by the first author, written and completed by the second. The talks, with handouts and videos, are available at http://www.math.toronto.edu/drorbn/Talks/Regina-1206/. See also further comments at http://www.math.toronto.edu/drorbn/Talks/Caen-1206/#June8.

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• A Lagrangian representation of tangles
• Links of intervals and the Gassner representation
• The Gassner representation for string links
• Virtual knot theory

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• An Alexander-type invariant for doodles

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• Mathematica

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