English

Triple linking numbers and triple point numbers of certain $T^2$-links

Geometric Topology 2012-02-15 v2

Abstract

The triple linking number of an oriented surface link was defined as an analogical notion of the linking number of a classical link. We consider a certain mm-component T2T^2-link (m3m \geq 3) determined from two commutative pure mm-braids aa and bb. We present the triple linking number of such a T2T^2-link, by using the linking numbers of the closures of aa and bb. This gives a lower bound of the triple point number. In some cases, we can determine the triple point numbers, each of which is a multiple of four.

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@article{arxiv.1102.3736,
  title  = {Triple linking numbers and triple point numbers of certain $T^2$-links},
  author = {Inasa Nakamura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.3736},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

15 pages, 4 figures, minor modifications