Links in Surfaces and Laplacian Modules
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Silver, Daniel S.; Williams, Susan G.
- Source
- Subject
- Mathematics - Geometric Topology
57M25, 05C10
- Language
Laplacian matrices of weighted graphs in surfaces $S$ are used to define module and polynomial invariants of $Z/2$-homologically trivial links in $S \times [0,1]$. Information about virtual genus is obtained.
Comment: 14 pages, 15 figures