2012/11/12 by Moshe Cohen, Cohen, Moshe
Computer Science · Mathematics · #05C70 #57M20 #57M25 #57R70 #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1211.2553
openalex publication_date 2012/11/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In recent work the author investigates perfect matchings of a bipartite graph obtained from a knot diagram and demonstrates that these correspond to discrete Morse functions on a 2-complex for the 2-sphere. This relationship is expounded below for the opposite audience: those who may be unfamiliar with knots.