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Linking numbers for handlebody-links. (English) Zbl 1278.57022

Summary: As a generalization of the linking number, we construct a set of invariant numbers for two-component handlebody-links. These numbers are elementary divisors associated with the natural homomorphism from the first homology group of a component to that of the complement of another component.

MSC:

57M27 Invariants of knots and \(3\)-manifolds (MSC2010)
57M15 Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory
57M25 Knots and links in the \(3\)-sphere (MSC2010)

References:

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[2] S. Suzuki, On linear graphs in 3-sphere, Osaka J. Math. 7 (1970), 375-396. · Zbl 0209.54701
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