Clasp insertion on oriented PD-codes #
TauCeti.PDCode.insertClasp cuts two arcs of a PD-code open and routes them through a clasp of
two new crossings; when the two arcs border a common face this is the second Reidemeister move.
This file lifts the insertion to oriented codes. Each cut arc keeps its direction, which fixes the
orientations of the eight new half-edges, so the oriented insertion takes no data beyond the
unoriented one.
Whatever the directions of the two arcs, the two new crossings have opposite signs: they have the
same orientation parity, and the same strand is over at both, which with the slot conventions of a
clasp means opposite over-pair indicators. The insertion therefore keeps the writhe. Together with
the invariance of the Kauffman bracket (TauCeti.PDCode.kauffmanBracket_insertClasp), this makes
the writhe-normalized Kauffman bracket invariant under the oriented insertion, and in particular
under the oriented second Reidemeister move.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.OrientedPDCode.insertClasp: insert a clasp into two arcs of an oriented code.
Main results #
TauCeti.OrientedPDCode.crossingSign_insertClasp_last: the two new crossings have opposite signs.TauCeti.OrientedPDCode.writhe_insertClasp: the insertion keeps the writhe.TauCeti.OrientedPDCode.normalizedKauffmanBracket_insertClasp: the writhe-normalized Kauffman bracket is invariant under the insertion.TauCeti.OrientedPDCode.mirror_insertClaspandTauCeti.OrientedPDCode.reverse_insertClasp: the insertion commutes with reflection and with reversal.
References #
- L. H. Kauffman, State models and the Jones polynomial, Topology 26 (1987), 395-407.
- W. B. R. Lickorish, An Introduction to Knot Theory, Springer GTM 175 (1997), Chapter 3 (the writhe and the Jones polynomial from the bracket).
Clasp insertion on an oriented PD-code: the clasp insertion
TauCeti.PDCode.insertClasp into the arc ending at p and the distinct arc ending at q, with
each cut arc keeping its direction. Along the arc ending at p, the new half-edges at slots 0
and 2 of the first new crossing and at slots 1 and 3 of the second alternate between the
orientations !D.orientation p and D.orientation p, and likewise along the arc ending at q
through slots 1 and 3 of the first new crossing and slots 0 and 2 of the second.
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Forgetting the orientation of the oriented clasp insertion gives the unoriented one.
The oriented clasp insertion keeps the orientation of every old half-edge.
The orientations of the slots of the first new crossing: slots 0 and 2 lie on the arc
ending at p, slots 1 and 3 on the arc ending at q.
The orientations of the slots of the second new crossing: slots 0 and 2 lie on the arc
ending at q, slots 1 and 3 on the arc ending at p.
The oriented clasp insertion keeps the oriented crossing-free components.
Every old crossing keeps its sign after the oriented clasp insertion.
The first new crossing is positive exactly when the parity of the directions of the two cut
arcs is its over-pair indicator b.
The two new crossings of an oriented clasp have opposite signs.
The oriented clasp insertion keeps the writhe.
The writhe-normalized Kauffman bracket is invariant under the oriented clasp insertion, in particular under the oriented second Reidemeister move.
Reflecting the oriented clasp insertion inserts the clasp with the other strand over into the reflected code.
Reversing the oriented clasp insertion inserts the clasp into the reversed code.