Invariants of Links in Thickened Surfaces
Geometric Topology
2014-10-01 v1
Abstract
A group invariant for links in thickened closed orientable surfaces is studied. Associated polynomial invariants are defined. The group detects nontriviality of a virtual link and determines its virtual genus.
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@article{arxiv.1304.4655,
title = {Invariants of Links in Thickened Surfaces},
author = {J. Scott Carter and Daniel S. Silver and Susan G. Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4655},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
knot, link, operator group, virtual link, virtual genus