Maps on Surfaces as a Structural Framework for Genus-One Virtual Knot Classification
Abstract
We develop a purely combinatorial framework for the systematic enumeration of knot and link diagrams supported on the thickened torus . Using the theory of maps on surfaces, cellular --regular torus projections are encoded by permutation pairs , and unsensed projection classes are enumerated completely and without duplication via canonical representatives. For a fixed projection, crossing assignments are encoded by bit data, and an immediate Reidemeister~II reduction supported by a bigon face is characterized directly in terms of these bits. The genus-one generalized Kauffman-type bracket is then evaluated as a state sum entirely within the permutation model, without drawing diagrams in a fundamental polygon. The implementation is validated against published genus-one classifications for under explicit comparison conventions, with remaining discrepancies explained at the level of global conventions. Beyond the published range, we compute projection and diagram data for crossing numbers up to and provide a public reference implementation together with machine-readable datasets. Via the standard correspondence between virtual knots and knots in thickened surfaces, this yields a canonical and fully reproducible genus-one framework for virtual knot tabulation.
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@article{arxiv.2601.15512,
title = {Maps on Surfaces as a Structural Framework for Genus-One Virtual Knot Classification},
author = {Alexander Omelchenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15512},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
26 pages, 3 tables. Algorithm for N up to 8 is described