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TauCeti.KnotTheory.PDCode.Oriented.Reidemeister.One

The first Reidemeister move on oriented PD-codes #

The first Reidemeister move inserts a kink into an oriented planar-diagram code. The old arc orientation uniquely determines the orientations of the four new half-edges. This file lifts PDCode.reidemeisterOne to oriented codes and computes the sign of the new crossing and the resulting change in writhe.

The Kauffman bracket is invariant under the second and third Reidemeister moves, but acquires a factor -A^3 or -A⁻³ under the first. Multiplication by (-A^3) ^ (-writhe) cancels that factor. The resulting normalizedKauffmanBracket is therefore invariant under the oriented first Reidemeister move. This is the normalization used to obtain the Jones polynomial from the bracket.

The conventions follow L. H. Kauffman, State models and the Jones polynomial, Topology 26 (1987), and W. B. R. Lickorish, An Introduction to Knot Theory, Chapter 3.

Main definitions #

Main results #

Insert an oriented kink into the arc ending at h. The Boolean b selects which opposite pair at the new crossing is the over-strand, as for PDCode.reidemeisterOne.

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    Forgetting orientation after inserting an oriented kink gives the underlying unoriented first Reidemeister move.

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    Inserting an oriented kink preserves the orientation of every old half-edge.

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    Slot zero of the inserted crossing points opposite to the terminal orientation of the cut arc.

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    Slot one of the inserted crossing has the terminal orientation of the cut arc.

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    Slot two of the inserted crossing has the terminal orientation of the cut arc.

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    Slot three of the inserted crossing points opposite to the terminal orientation of the cut arc.

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    The first Reidemeister move preserves the oriented crossing-free components.

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    Every old crossing keeps its sign after insertion of an oriented kink.

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    The new crossing in an oriented kink is positive exactly when its over-pair indicator is true.

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    Inserting an oriented kink changes the writhe by the sign of the new crossing.

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    The writhe-normalized Kauffman bracket is invariant under the oriented first Reidemeister move.