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2003 What is a virtual link?
Greg Kuperberg
Algebr. Geom. Topol. 3(1): 587-591 (2003). DOI: 10.2140/agt.2003.3.587

Abstract

Several authors have recently studied virtual knots and links because they admit invariants arising from R–matrices. We prove that every virtual link is uniquely represented by a link LS×I in a thickened, compact, oriented surface S such that the link complement (S×I)L has no essential vertical cylinder.

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Greg Kuperberg. "What is a virtual link?." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 3 (1) 587 - 591, 2003. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2003.3.587

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Received: 18 August 2002; Revised: 15 June 2003; Accepted: 23 October 2002; Published: 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 1031.57010
MathSciNet: MR1997331
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/agt.2003.3.587

Subjects:
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57M27 57M15

Keywords: stable equivalence , tetravalent graph , virtual link

Rights: Copyright © 2003 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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