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Goeritz and Seifert Matrices from Dehn Presentations

Geometric Topology 2018-08-31 v1

Abstract

The Goeritz matrix of a link is obtained from the Jacobian matrix of a modified Dehn presentation associated to a diagram using Fox's free differential calculus. When the diagram is special the Seifert matrix can also be determined from the presentation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1808.10296,
  title  = {Goeritz and Seifert Matrices from Dehn Presentations},
  author = {Daniel S. Silver and Lorenzo Traldi and Susan G. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.10296},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages, 6 figures

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