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