End-essential spanning surfaces for links in thickened surfaces

IF 0.6 4区数学 Q3 MATHEMATICS

Topology and its Applications Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI:10.1016/j.topol.2024.109187

Thomas Kindred

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Abstract

Let D be a cellular alternating link diagram on a closed orientable surface Σ. We prove that if D has no removable nugatory crossings then each checkerboard surface from D is

π_{1}

-essential and contains no essential closed curve that is ∂-parallel in

Σ \times I

. Our chief motivation comes from technical aspects of a companion paper, where we prove that Tait's flyping conjecture holds for alternating virtual links. We also describe possible applications via Turaev surfaces.

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Topology and its Applications 数学-数学

CiteScore

1.20

自引率

33.30%

发文量

251

审稿时长

6 months

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