Transition polynomial as a weight system for binary delta-matroids

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Authors Alexander Dunaykin, Vyacheslav Zhukov

Publication date 1 July 2022

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.03831, http://www.mathjournals.org/mmj/2022-022-001/2022-022-001-002.html

zbMATH Keywords

chord diagramdelta-matroidfinite type invariant of knotsknotlinktransition polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Graph polynomials (05C31) Matroids in convex geometry (realizations in the context of convex polytopes, convexity in combinatorial structures, etc.) (52B40)

Abstract: To a singular knot K with n double points, one can associate a chord diagram with n chords. A chord diagram can also be understood as a 4-regular graph endowed with an oriented Euler circuit. L. Traldi introduced a polynomial invariant for such graphs, called a transition polynomial. We specialize this polynomial to a multiplicative weight system, that is, a function on chord diagrams satisfying 4-term relations and determining thus a finite type knot invariant. We prove a similar statement for the transition polynomial of general ribbon graphs and binary delta-matroids defined by R. Brijder and H. J. Hoogeboom, which defines, as a consequence, a finite type invariant of links.

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