VasCalc Documentation - An example

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This is an example of how to use VasCalc. We check the third Reidemeister move against an almost-invariant (not a technical term).

The Reidemeister 3 Move

We want to use VasCalc to verify the third Reidemeister move. This is meant as a small example of how to use the VasCalc package.

The first couple of steps are to load up VasCalc.

In[1]:= <<CDinterface.m
In[2]:= SetVasCalcPath["/home/zavosh/vc"];

Now we need to load the definitions of \Phi and R as defined in Dror Bar-Natan's paper on Non-Associative Tangles[1]:

In[3]:= Phi = ASeries[1 + (1/24)*CD[Line[1], Line[2], Line[1, 2]] - (1/24)*CD[Line[2], Line[1], Line[1, 2]], 3, 0, 3]
Out[3]= ASeries[3, 0, {«JavaObject[vectorSpace.Coefficient]», «JavaObject[vectorSpace.Coefficient]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]», «JavaObject[vectorSpace.Coefficient]»}]


In[4]:= R = ASeries[1 + (1/2)CD[Line[1], Line[1]] + (1/8)CD[Line[1, 2], Line[1, 2]] + (1/48)CD[Line[1, 2, 3], Line[1, 2, 3]] , 2, 0]
Out[4]= ASeries[2, 0, {«JavaObject[vectorSpace.Coefficient]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]»}]

Now we define the definition of Z(B(k),n). Where Z stands for our (pseudo) Vassiliev invariant and Z(B(k),n) is the invariant of a braid on n strands with a crossing on the strands k and k+1.


In[5]:= Clear[Z]
In[6]:= Z[B[k_],n_] /; k > 1 := Module[{ser, tbl}, ser = Nest[AddStrand[#, #[[1]]] &, Nest[DoubleStrand[#, 0] &, Phi, k - 2], n - k - 1]. Nest[AddStrand[#, #[[1]]] &, Nest[AddStrand[#, 0] &, R, k - 1], n - k - 1] . Nest[AddStrand[#, #[[1]]] &, Nest[DoubleStrand[#, 0] &, PermuteStrand[(Phi)^(-1), {{2, 3}}], k - 2], n - k - 1]; tbl = Table[i, {i, ser[[1]]}]; tbl = ReplacePart[tbl, k + 1, k]; tbl = ReplacePart[tbl, k, k + 1]; ASeries[tbl, ser[[3]]]]

Here we need to make an exception for the case k=1 because the above will not work:

In[7]:= Z[B[1], n_] := Module[{tbl, ser}, ser = Nest[AddStrand[#, #[[1]]] &, R, n - 2]; tbl = Table[i, {i, ser[[1]]}]; tbl = ReplacePart[tbl, 2, 1]; tbl = ReplacePart[tbl, 1, 2]; ASeries[tbl, ser[[3]]]]

Now we are ready to verify the move. If Z is an invariant of the Reidemeister three move we must have:


Z(B(k),n).Z(B(k+1),n).Z(B(k),n) = Z(B(k+1),n).Z(B(k),n).Z(B(k+1),n)

We calculate the right and left hand sides separately for k=3 and n=6.

In[8]:= ll = Z[B[3], 6].Z[B[4], 6].Z[B[3], 6]
Out[8]= ASeries[{1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6}, {«JavaObject[vectorSpace.Coefficient]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]», «JavaObject[ChordVector]»}]


In[9]:= ll = rr = Z[B[4], 6].Z[B[3], 6].Z[B[4], 6]
Out[9]= 0

Voila!

References

  • [1] D. Bar-Natan, Non-Associative Tangles. Geometric Topology (proceedings of the Georgia International Topology Conference, W. H. Kazez ed.), 139-183, Amer. Math. Soc. and International Press, Providence, 1997.