Directional Invariants of Doubly Periodic Tangles

Ioannis Diamantis, Sofia Lambropoulou, Sonia Mahmoudi

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Abstract

In this paper we define novel topological invariants of doubly periodic tangles (DP tangles). DP tangles are embeddings of curves in the thickened plane that are repeated periodically in two directions. We first organize the components of a DP tangle into different it interlinked compounds, which are invariants of a DP tangle. The notion of interlinked compound leads to the classification of DP tangles according to their it directional type. We then prove that the directional type is an invariant of DP tangles using the concept of axis-motif, which can be viewed as the blueprint of a DP tangle.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherCornell University - arXiv
Number of pages24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 2024

Publication series

SeriesarXiv.org
Number2404.05092
ISSN2331-8422

Keywords

  • doubly periodic structures
  • tangles
  • thickened torus
  • motif
  • topological invariant
  • interlinked compound
  • directional element
  • directional type
  • axis-motif

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