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On the determinant of checkerboard colorable virtual knots

Geometric Topology 2026-04-21 v2

Abstract

For classical knots, Murasugi showed that the determinant modulo 88 is classified by the Arf invariant. Boden and Karimi introduced a determinant for checkerboard colorable virtual knots. We prove that this determinant modulo 88 is classified by the coefficient of z2z^2 in the ascending polynomial, an extension of the Conway polynomial for classical knots.

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@article{arxiv.2408.01891,
  title  = {On the determinant of checkerboard colorable virtual knots},
  author = {Tomoaki Hatano and Yuta Nozaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.01891},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, 9 figures. The title and abstract have been changed