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Partially Multiplicative Biquandles and Handlebody-Knots

Geometric Topology 2016-04-27 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We introduce several algebraic structures related to handlebody-knots, including GG-families of biquandles, partially multiplicative biquandles and group decomposable biquandles. These structures can be used to color the semiarcs in YY-oriented spatial trivalent graph diagrams representing S1S^1-oriented handlebody-knots to obtain computable invariants for handlebody-knots and handlebody-links. In the case of GG-families of biquandles, we enhance the counting invariant using the group GG to obtain a polynomial invariant of handlebody-knots.

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@article{arxiv.1602.05865,
  title  = {Partially Multiplicative Biquandles and Handlebody-Knots},
  author = {Atsushi Ishii and Sam Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05865},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

16 pages; version 2 includes small typo corrections. To appear in Contemporary Mathematics