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A plumbing-multiplicative function from the Links-Gould invariant

Geometric Topology 2025-02-19 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove that the Laurent polynomial in Z[q±1]\mathbb{Z}[q^{\pm 1}] that is the top coefficient of the Links-Gould invariant of the boundary of a Seifert surface is multiplicative under plumbing of surfaces. We deduce that the Links-Gould invariant of a fibred link in S3S^3 is Z[q±1]\mathbb{Z}[q^{\pm 1}]-monic. As a purely topological application, we deduce a ``plumbing-uniqueness'' statement for links that bound surfaces obtained by plumbing/deplumbing unknotted twisted annuli as well as providing an obstruction for links to bound such surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2502.12899,
  title  = {A plumbing-multiplicative function from the Links-Gould invariant},
  author = {Daniel Lopez-Neumann and Roland van der Veen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.12899},
  year   = {2025}
}
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