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Niebrzydowski Algebras and Trivalent Spatial Graphs

Geometric Topology 2018-05-02 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We introduce \textit{Niebrzydowski algebras}, algebraic structures with a ternary operation and a partially defined multiplication, with axioms motivated by the Reidemeister moves for YY-oriented trivalent spatial graphs and handlebody-links. As part of this definition, we identify generating sets of YY-oriented Reidemeister moves. We give some examples to demonstrate that the counting invariant can distinguish some YY-oriented trivalent spatial graphs and handlebody-links.

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@article{arxiv.1805.00104,
  title  = {Niebrzydowski Algebras and Trivalent Spatial Graphs},
  author = {Paige Graves and Sam Nelson and Sherilyn Tamagawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.00104},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages

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