Polyak type equations for virtual arrow diagram invariants in the annulus

A Mortier - Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, 2013 - World Scientific
A Mortier
Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, 2013World Scientific
POLYAK TYPE EQUATIONS FOR VIRTUAL ARROW DIAGRAM INVARIANTS IN THE ANNULUS
Page 1 Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications Vol. 22, No. 7 (2013) 1350034 (21 pages) c
World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S021821651350034X POLYAK TYPE
EQUATIONS FOR VIRTUAL ARROW DIAGRAM INVARIANTS IN THE ANNULUS ARNAUD
MORTIER* Institut de Mathematiques de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier et CNRS (UMR
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We describe the space of arrow diagram formulas for virtual knot diagrams in the annulus ℝ × 𝕊1 as the kernel of a linear map, inspired from a conjecture due to Polyak. As a main application, we slightly improve Grishanov–Vassiliev's theorem for planar chain invariants.
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