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Writhe polynomial for virtual links

Geometric Topology 2018-12-14 v1

Abstract

A weak chord index IndInd' is constructed for self crossing points of virtual links. Then a new writhe polynomial WW of virtual links is defined by using IndInd'. WW is a generalization of writhe polynomial defined in [6]. Based on WW, three invariants of virtual links are constructed. These invariants can be used to detect the non-trivialities of Kishino knot and flat Kishino knot.

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@article{arxiv.1812.05234,
  title  = {Writhe polynomial for virtual links},
  author = {Mengjian Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.05234},
  year   = {2018}
}

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16 pages, 25 figures

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