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Links in Surfaces and Laplacian Modules

Geometric Topology 2020-02-25 v1

Abstract

Laplacian matrices of weighted graphs in surfaces SS are used to define module and polynomial invariants of Z/2Z/2-homologically trivial links in S×[0,1]S \times [0,1]. Information about virtual genus is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.2002.10040,
  title  = {Links in Surfaces and Laplacian Modules},
  author = {Daniel S. Silver and Susan G. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.10040},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 15 figures

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