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arxiv: 1103.0487 · v1 · pith:WR3XREJUnew · submitted 2011-03-02 · 🧮 math.GT · math.CO· math.NT

Lattices, graphs, and Conway mutation

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keywords alternatingbranchedd-invariantdeterminedintegrallatticelinkmutation
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The d-invariant of an integral, positive definite lattice L records the minimal norm of a characteristic covector in each equivalence class mod 2L. We prove that the 2-isomorphism type of a connected graph is determined by the d-invariant of its lattice of integral cuts (or flows). As an application, we prove that a reduced, alternating link diagram is determined up to mutation by the Heegaard Floer homology of the link's branched double-cover. Thus, alternating links with homeomorphic branched double-covers are mutants.

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