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Twisted Virtual Bikeigebras and Twisted Virtual Handlebody-Knots

Geometric Topology 2017-11-15 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We generalize unoriented handlebody-links to the twisted virtual case, obtaining Reidemeister moves for handlebody-links in ambient spaces of the form Σ×[0,1]\Sigma\times [0,1] for Σ\Sigma a compact closed 2-manifold up to stable equivalence. We introduce a related algebraic structure known as twisted virtual bikeigebras whose axioms are motivated by the twisted virtual handlebody-link Reidemeister moves. We use twisted virtual bikeigebras to define XX-colorability for twisted virtual handlebody-links and define an integer-valued invariant ΦXZ\Phi_{X}^{\mathbb{Z}} of twisted virtual handlebody-links. We provide example computations of the new invariants and use them to distinguish some twisted virtual handlebody-links.

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@article{arxiv.1711.04362,
  title  = {Twisted Virtual Bikeigebras and Twisted Virtual Handlebody-Knots},
  author = {Sam Nelson and Yuqi Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04362},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages