The Chord Index, its Definitions, Applications, and Generalizations

Cheng, Zhongtao

doi:10.4153/s0008414x20000061

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“…The notion of index was axiomatized by Z. Cheng [6] in the spirit of Manturov's parity axioms [31]. M. Xu [43] found the general conditions for an index to define an invariant polynomial and introduced the notion a weak chord index.…”

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“…M. Xu [43] found the general conditions for an index to define an invariant polynomial and introduced the notion a weak chord index. See also [6,7,9] for other index axiomatics and examples of chord indices.…”

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“…After the paper of A. Henrich [15], the index appeared in works of several authors [3,20,28] and others. Z. Cheng [6] gave an axiomatic description of the index. M. Xu [43] found the most general formulation of index which he called weak chord index.…”

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Crossing indices, traits and the principle of indistinguishability

Nikonov¹

2021

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A (weak chord) index is a function on the crossings of knot diagrams such that: 1) the index of a crossing does not change under Reidemeister moves; 2) crossings which can be paired by a second Reidemeister move have the same index. We show that one can omit the second condition in the case of the universal index. As a consequence, we get the following principle of indistinguishability for classical knots: crossings of the same sign in a classical knot diagram can not be distinguished by any inherent property.

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Crossing indices, traits and the principle of indistinguishability

Nikonov¹

2021

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“…Other types of indices can be found in [7,13,3,16,5]. The notion of index was axiomatized by Z. Cheng [4], and finally, M. Xu [25] found the general conditions for an index to define an invariant polynomial.…”

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Crossing tribes of tangles in a thickened surface

Nikonov¹

2021

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Crossings of knot diagrams can be divided into classes (tribes) compatible with Reidemeister moves. Tribes can be considered as localization of the notion of weak chord index introduced by M. Xu. In the article we describe tribes of crossings for tangles in a fixed surface and show that crossings are differentiated by their component, order and homotopy types. As a consequence, we conclude that there are no nontrivial indices on diagrams of classical knots.

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“…Folwaczny [11], J. Kim [27], M.J. Jeong [21], H. Gao, M. Xu [12], N. Petit [42], K. Kaur, M. Prabhakar, A. Vesnin [26] and others. The first axiomatization of index properties is due to Z. Cheng [5]. M. Xu [44] found the general conditions for an index to define an invariant polynomial and defined weak chord index.…”

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confidence: 99%