English

Lattices, graphs, and Conway mutation

Geometric Topology 2011-03-03 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

The d-invariant of an integral, positive definite lattice L records the minimal norm of a characteristic covector in each equivalence class mod 2L. We prove that the 2-isomorphism type of a connected graph is determined by the d-invariant of its lattice of integral cuts (or flows). As an application, we prove that a reduced, alternating link diagram is determined up to mutation by the Heegaard Floer homology of the link's branched double-cover. Thus, alternating links with homeomorphic branched double-covers are mutants.

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@article{arxiv.1103.0487,
  title  = {Lattices, graphs, and Conway mutation},
  author = {Joshua Evan Greene},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.0487},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

26 pages, 4 figures

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