On the classification of periodic weaves and universal cover of links in thickened surfaces

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author Mahmoudi, Sonia
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contents A periodic weave is the lift of a particular link embedded in a thickened surface to the universal cover. Its components are infinite unknotted simple open curves that can be partitioned in at least two distinct sets of threads. The classification of periodic weaves can be reduced to the one of their generating cells, namely their weaving motifs. However, this classification cannot be achieved through the classical theory of links in thickened surfaces since periodicity in the universal cover is not encoded. In this paper, we first introduce the notion of hyperbolic periodic weaves, which generalizes our doubly periodic weaves embedded in the Euclidean thickened plane. Then, Tait First and Second Conjectures are extended to minimal reduced alternating weaving motifs and proved using a generalized Kauffman bracket polynomial defined for periodic weaving diagrams of the Euclidean plane and generalized to the hyperbolic plane. The first conjecture states that any minimal alternating reduced weaving motif has the minimum possible number of crossings, while the second one formulates that two such oriented weaving motifs have the same writhe.
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spellingShingle On the classification of periodic weaves and universal cover of links in thickened surfaces
Mahmoudi, Sonia
Geometric Topology
57K10, 57K12, 57K14
A periodic weave is the lift of a particular link embedded in a thickened surface to the universal cover. Its components are infinite unknotted simple open curves that can be partitioned in at least two distinct sets of threads. The classification of periodic weaves can be reduced to the one of their generating cells, namely their weaving motifs. However, this classification cannot be achieved through the classical theory of links in thickened surfaces since periodicity in the universal cover is not encoded. In this paper, we first introduce the notion of hyperbolic periodic weaves, which generalizes our doubly periodic weaves embedded in the Euclidean thickened plane. Then, Tait First and Second Conjectures are extended to minimal reduced alternating weaving motifs and proved using a generalized Kauffman bracket polynomial defined for periodic weaving diagrams of the Euclidean plane and generalized to the hyperbolic plane. The first conjecture states that any minimal alternating reduced weaving motif has the minimum possible number of crossings, while the second one formulates that two such oriented weaving motifs have the same writhe.
title On the classification of periodic weaves and universal cover of links in thickened surfaces
topic Geometric Topology
57K10, 57K12, 57K14
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.13896