On ribbon graphs and virtual links
(2022)
Journal Article
Baldridge, S., H. Kauffman, L., & Rushworth, W. (2022). On ribbon graphs and virtual links. European Journal of Combinatorics, 103, Article 103520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2022.103520
We introduce a new equivalence relation on decorated ribbon graphs, and show that its equivalence classes directly correspond to virtual links. We demonstrate how this correspondence can be used to convert any invariant of virtual links into an invar... Read More about On ribbon graphs and virtual links.