Virtual and arrow Temperley–Lieb algebras, Markov traces, and virtual link invariants

Author(s):  
Luis Paris ◽  
Loïc Rabenda

Let [Formula: see text] be the algebra of Laurent polynomials in the variable [Formula: see text] and let [Formula: see text] be the algebra of Laurent polynomials in the variable [Formula: see text] and standard polynomials in the variables [Formula: see text] For [Formula: see text] we denote by [Formula: see text] the virtual braid group on [Formula: see text] strands. We define two towers of algebras [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in terms of diagrams. For each [Formula: see text] we determine presentations for both, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We determine sequences of homomorphisms [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], we determine Markov traces [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], and we show that the invariants for virtual links obtained from these Markov traces are the [Formula: see text]-polynomial for the first trace and the arrow polynomial for the second trace. We show that, for each [Formula: see text] the standard Temperley–Lieb algebra [Formula: see text] embeds into both, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], and that the restrictions to [Formula: see text] of the two Markov traces coincide.

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1223-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERUHISA KADOKAMI

We classify closed virtual 2-braids completely as virtual links. For the proof, we use surface bracket polynomial due to Dye and Kauffman, Kuperberg's theorem which states existence and uniqueness of a minimal realization for a virtual link, and a subgroup of the 3-braid group.


2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1131-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
VASSILY O. MANTUROV

We construct new invariant polynomials in two and multiple variables for virtual knots and links. They are defined as determinants of Alexander-like matrices whose determinants are virtual link invariants. These polynomials vanish on classical links. In some cases, they separate links that can not be separated by the Jones–Kauffman polynomial [Kau] and the polynomial proposed in [Ma3].


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (05) ◽  
pp. 625-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
YASUYUKI MIYAZAWA

We construct a multi-variable polynomial invariant Y for unoriented virtual links as a certain weighted sum of polynomials, which are derived from virtual magnetic graphs with oriented vertices, on oriented virtual links associated with a given virtual link. We show some features of the Y-polynomial including an evaluation of the virtual crossing number of a virtual link.


1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (supp01a) ◽  
pp. 493-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kauffman ◽  
H. Saleur

This paper deals with various aspects of knot theory when fermionic degrees of freedom are taken into account in the braid group representations and in the state models. We discuss how the Ř matrix for the Alexander polynomial arises from the Fox differential calculus, and how it is related to the quantum group Uqgl(1,1). We investigate new families of solutions of the Yang Baxter equation obtained from "linear" representations of the braid group and exterior algebra. We study state models associated with Uqsl(n,m), and in the case n=m=1 a state model for the multivariable Alexander polynomial. We consider invariants of links in solid handlebodies and show how the non trivial topology lifts the boson fermion degeneracy that is present in S3. We use "gauge like" changes of basis to obtain invariants in thickened surfaces Σ×[0,1].


2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (03) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERUHISA KADOKAMI

Any flat virtual link has a reduced diagram which satisfies a certain minimality, and reduced diagrams are related one another by a finite sequence of a certain Reidemeister move. The move preserves some numerical invariants of diagrams. So we can define numerical invariants for flat virtual links. One of them, the crossing number of a flat virtual knot K, coinsides with the self-intersection number of K as an essential geodesic loop on a hyperbolic closed surface. We also show an equation among these numerical invariants, basic properties by using the equation, and determine non-split flat virtual links with the crossing number up to three.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1950072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Kamada

A virtual link diagram is called mod [Formula: see text] almost classical if it admits an Alexander numbering valued in integers modulo [Formula: see text], and a virtual link is called mod [Formula: see text] almost classical if it has a mod [Formula: see text] almost classical diagram as a representative. In this paper, we introduce a method of constructing a mod [Formula: see text] almost classical virtual link diagram from a given virtual link diagram, which we call an [Formula: see text]-fold cyclic covering diagram. The main result is that [Formula: see text]-fold cyclic covering diagrams obtained from two equivalent virtual link diagrams are equivalent. Thus, we have a well-defined map from the set of virtual links to the set of mod [Formula: see text] almost classical virtual links. Some applications are also given.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950042
Author(s):  
Joonoh Kim ◽  
Kyoung-Tark Kim ◽  
Mi Hwa Shin

In this paper, we give several simple criteria to detect possible periods and linking numbers for a given virtual link. We investigate the behavior of the generalized Alexander polynomial [Formula: see text] of a periodic virtual link [Formula: see text] via its Yang–Baxter state model given in [L. H. Kauffman and D. E. Radford, Bi-oriented quantum algebras and a generalized Alexander polynomial for virtual links, in Diagrammatic Morphisms and Applications, Contemp. Math. 318 (2003) 113–140, arXiv:math/0112280v2 [math.GT] 31 Dec 2001].


2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 781-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruhisa Kadokami

J. S. Carter, S. Kamada and M. Saito showed that there is one to one correspondence between the virtual Reidemeister equivalence classes of virtual link diagrams and the stable equivalence classes of link diagrams on compact oriented surfaces. Using the result, we show how to obtain the supporting genus of a projected virtual link by a geometric method. From this result, we show that a certain virtual knot which cannot be judged to be non-trivial by known algebraic invariants is non-trivial, and we suggest to classify the equivalence classes of projected virtual links by using the supporting genus.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1541001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Chterental

There is a well-known injective homomorphism [Formula: see text] from the classical braid group [Formula: see text] into the automorphism group of the free group [Formula: see text], first described by Artin [Theory of Braids, Ann. Math. (2) 48(1) (1947) 101–126]. This homomorphism induces an action of [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text] that can be recovered by considering the braid group as the mapping class group of [Formula: see text] (an upper half plane with [Formula: see text] punctures) acting naturally on the fundamental group of [Formula: see text]. Kauffman introduced virtual links [Virtual knot theory, European J. Combin. 20 (1999) 663–691] as an extension of the classical notion of a link in [Formula: see text]. There is a corresponding notion of a virtual braid, and the set of virtual braids on [Formula: see text] strands forms a group [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we will generalize the Artin action to virtual braids. We will define a set, [Formula: see text], of “virtual curve diagrams” and define an action of [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text]. Then, we will show that, as in Artin’s case, the action is faithful. This provides a combinatorial solution to the word problem in [Formula: see text]. In the papers [V. G. Bardakov, Virtual and welded links and their invariants, Siberian Electron. Math. Rep. 21 (2005) 196–199; V. O. Manturov, On recognition of virtual braids, Zap. Nauch. Sem. POMI 299 (2003) 267–286], an extension [Formula: see text] of the Artin homomorphism was introduced, and the question of its injectivity was raised. We find that [Formula: see text] is not injective by exhibiting a non-trivial virtual braid in the kernel when [Formula: see text].


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Ho Im ◽  
Sera Kim ◽  
Kyoung Il Park

We introduce the odd index polynomial and the odd arrow polynomial for virtual links which are different from the original index polynomial and arrow polynomial.


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