The Jones polynomial from a Goeritz matrix

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12753arXiv2110.03082OpenAlexW3204213112MaRDI QIDQ6096745FDOQ6096745

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Publication date: 15 September 2023

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give an explicit algorithm for calculating the Kauffman bracket of a link diagram from a Goeritz matrix for that link. Further, we show how the Jones polynomial can be recovered from a Goeritz matrix when the corresponding checkerboard surface is orientable, or when more information is known about its Gordon-Litherland form. In the process we develop a theory of Goeritz matrices for cographic matroids, which extends the bracket polynomial to any symmetric integer matrix. We place this work in the context of links in thickened surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.03082

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Knot polynomials (57K14)

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