Alexander numbering of knotted surface diagrams

A generic projection of a knotted oriented surface in 4-space divides 3-space into regions. The number of times (counted with sign) that a path from infinity to a given region intersects the projected surface is called the Alexander numbering of the region. The Alexander numbering is extended to branch and triple points of the projections. A formula that relates these indices is presented.

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