scholarly journals Twist spinning knotted trivalent graphs

2015 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1371-1382
Author(s):  
J. Scott Carter ◽  
Seung Yeop Yang
Keyword(s):  
Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Knotted Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Twist Spinning

scholarly journals HOMOMORPHIC EXPANSIONS FOR KNOTTED TRIVALENT GRAPHS

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250137 ◽  
Author(s):  
DROR BAR-NATAN ◽  
ZSUZSANNA DANCSO
Keyword(s):  
Finite Type ◽  
Simple Proof ◽  
Knot Theory ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
Connected Sums ◽  
Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Type Invariant ◽  
Knotted Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Standard Operations

It had been known since old times (works of Murakami–Ohtsuki, Cheptea–Le and the second author) that there exists a universal finite type invariant ("an expansion") Z old for knotted trivalent graphs (KTGs), and that it can be chosen to intertwine between some of the standard operations on KTGs and their chord-diagrammatic counterparts (so that relative to those operations, it is "homomorphic"). Yet perhaps the most important operation on KTGs is the "edge unzip" operation, and while the behavior of Z old under edge unzip is well understood, it is not plainly homomorphic as some "correction factors" appear. In this paper we present two equivalent ways of modifying Z old into a new expansion Z, defined on "dotted knotted trivalent graphs" (dKTGs), which is homomorphic with respect to a large set of operations. The first is to replace "edge unzips" by "tree connected sums", and the second involves somewhat restricting the circumstances under which edge unzips are allowed. As we shall explain, the newly defined class dKTG of KTGs retains all the good qualities that KTGs have — it remains firmly connected with the Drinfel'd theory of associators and it is sufficiently rich to serve as a foundation for an "algebraic knot theory". As a further application, we present a simple proof of the good behavior of the LMO invariant under the Kirby II (band-slide) move, first proven by Le, Murakami, Murakami and Ohtsuki.

Graphs, foams, tensors, polytopes, and homology

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1843015
Author(s):  
J. Scott Carter
Keyword(s):  
Homology Theory ◽  
Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Knotted Trivalent Graphs

In the study of knotted trivalent graphs and their higher dimensional analogue, knotted foams, some of the moves have alternative interpretations. Here three interpretations are given. (1) As the boundaries of chains in a homology theory, (2) as a system of abstract tensor relations, and (3) as a collection of polyhedra that include the permutohedron. The homological interpretation will allow for a solution to the abstract tensor system.

scholarly journals Virtual tangles and fiber functors

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (07) ◽  
pp. 1950044
Author(s):  
Adrien Brochier
Keyword(s):  
Monoidal Category ◽  
Quantum Invariants ◽  
Trivalent Graphs ◽  
Equivalence Of Categories ◽  
Monoidal Functor ◽  
Virtual Links ◽  
Clear Explanation ◽  
Knotted Trivalent Graphs ◽  
The One ◽  
Straightforward Proof

We define a category [Formula: see text] of tangles diagrams drawn on surfaces with boundaries. On the one hand, we show that there is a natural functor from the category of virtual tangles to [Formula: see text] which induces an equivalence of categories. On the other hand, we show that [Formula: see text] is universal among ribbon categories equipped with a strong monoidal functor to a symmetric monoidal category. This is a generalization of the Shum–Reshetikhin–Turaev theorem characterizing the category of ordinary tangles as the free ribbon category. This gives a straightforward proof that all quantum invariants of links extend to framed oriented virtual links. This also provides a clear explanation of the relation between virtual tangles and Etingof–Kazhdan formalism suggested by Bar-Natan. We prove a similar statement for virtual braids, and discuss the relation between our category and knotted trivalent graphs.

scholarly journals Triangular color codes on trivalent graphs with flag qubits

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 023019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Chamberland ◽  
Aleksander Kubica ◽  
Theodore J Yoder ◽  
Guanyu Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Trivalent Graphs
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