Minimizing intersection points of curves under virtual homotopy

DOI10.1142/S0218216520500078zbMATH Open1454.57007arXiv1708.03064OpenAlexW3005193401MaRDI QIDQ5111765FDOQ5111765

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Publication date: 27 May 2020

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

Abstract: A flat virtual link is a finite collection of oriented closed curves $mathfrakL$ on an oriented surface $M$ considered up to virtual homotopy, i.e., a composition of elementary stabilizations, destabilizations, and homotopies. Specializing to a pair of curves $(L_1,L_2)$, we show that the minimal number of intersection points of curves in the virtual homotopy class of $(L_1,L_2)$ equals to the number of terms of a generalization of the Anderson--Mattes--Reshetikhin Poisson bracket. Furthermore, considering a single curve, we show that the minimal number of self-intersections of a curve in its virtual homotopy class can be counted by a generalization of the Cahn cobracket.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03064

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsflat virtual linkvirtual homotopyintersection points of curvesvirtual curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General low-dimensional topology (57M99) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Generalized knots (virtual knots, welded knots, quandles, etc.) (57K12)

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