Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We study alternateness of the Jones-Kauffman polynomial of virtual links. In particular, we identify a class of virtual links with alternating Jones-Kauffman polynomial that will be called the class of mock-alternating virtual links. Then, we explain how every mock-alternating virtual link can give rise to an infinite family of mock-alternating virtual links using the twisting technique introduced in [4] and later generalized in [5,18]. Finally, we give a connected state expansion of the mock-determinant for checkerboard-colorable links.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: Yarmouk University, University of Hassan II Casablanca
Language: English
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7220676970