Classifying immersed curves
Classifying immersed curves
Let a collection <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="gamma"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>γ<!-- γ --></mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\gamma</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> of generically immersed curves be given in an oriented surface <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">G</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>. To each component circle, associate a Gauss word by traveling …