On an invariant for colored classical and singular links
| Autor: | Baumheckel, Audrey, Caprau, Carmen, Righetti, Conor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | A colored link, as defined by Francesca Aicardi, is an oriented classical link together with a coloration, which is a function defined on the set of link components and whose image is a finite set of colors. An oriented classical link can be regarded as a colored link with its components colored with a sole color. Aicardi constructed an invariant $F(L)$ of colored links $L$ defined via skein relations. When the components of a colored link are colored with the same color or when the colored link is a knot, $F(L)$ is a specialization of the HOMFLY-PT polynomial. Aicardi also showed that $F(L)$ is a stronger invariant than the HOMFLY-PT polynomial when evaluated on colored links whose components have different colors. In this paper, we provide a state-sum model for the invariant $F(L)$ of colored links using a graphical calculus for oriented, colored, 4-valent planar graphs. We also extend $F(L)$ to an invariant of oriented colored singular links. Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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