Arc diagrams on 3-manifold spines

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Main Authors: Brand, Jack, Burton, Benjamin A., Dancso, Zsuzsanna, He, Alexander, Jackson, Adele, Licata, Joan
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Published: 2022
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author Brand, Jack
Burton, Benjamin A.
Dancso, Zsuzsanna
He, Alexander
Jackson, Adele
Licata, Joan
author_facet Brand, Jack
Burton, Benjamin A.
Dancso, Zsuzsanna
He, Alexander
Jackson, Adele
Licata, Joan
contents We develop a theory of link projections to trivalent spines of 3-manifolds. We prove a Reidemeister Theorem providing a set of combinatorial moves sufficient to relate the projections of isotopic links. We also show that any link admits a crossingless projection to any special spine and we refine our theorem to provide a set of combinatorial moves sufficient to relate crossingless diagrams. Finally, we discuss the connection to Turaev's shadow world, interpreting our result as a statement about shadow equivalence of a class of 4-manifolds.
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spellingShingle Arc diagrams on 3-manifold spines
Brand, Jack
Burton, Benjamin A.
Dancso, Zsuzsanna
He, Alexander
Jackson, Adele
Licata, Joan
Geometric Topology
57K10, 57M15
We develop a theory of link projections to trivalent spines of 3-manifolds. We prove a Reidemeister Theorem providing a set of combinatorial moves sufficient to relate the projections of isotopic links. We also show that any link admits a crossingless projection to any special spine and we refine our theorem to provide a set of combinatorial moves sufficient to relate crossingless diagrams. Finally, we discuss the connection to Turaev's shadow world, interpreting our result as a statement about shadow equivalence of a class of 4-manifolds.
title Arc diagrams on 3-manifold spines
topic Geometric Topology
57K10, 57M15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.02007