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 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 is -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}
}