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This paper defines a new invariant of virtual knots and links that we call the extended bracket polynomial, and denote by <<K>> for a virtual knot or link K. This invariant is a state summation over bracket states of the oriented diagram…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-23 Louis H. Kauffman

In this paper, we introduce a new nontrivial filtration, called F-order, for classical and virtual knot invariants; this filtration produces filtered knot invariants, which are called finite type invariants similar to Vassiliev knot…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-08-07 Noboru Ito , Migiwa Sakurai

In this paper we introduce a new invariant of virtual knots and links that is non-trivial for infinitely many virtuals, but is trivial on classical knots and links. The invariant is initially be expressed in terms of a relative of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman

Given any oriented link diagram, two types of new knot invariants are constructed. They satisfy some generalized skein relations. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations of those…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-05-10 Zhiqing Yang

We introduce two new families of polynomial invariants of oriented classical and virtual knots and links defined as decategorfications of the quandle coloring quiver. We provide examples to illustrate the computation of the invariants, show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Anusha Kabra , Sam Nelson

A sequence of $F$-polynomials $\{ F^n_K (t, \ell)\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ of virtual knots $K$ was defined by Kaur, Prabhakar, and Vesnin in 2018. These polynomials have been expressed in terms of index value of crossing and $n$-writhe of $K$. By…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-09 Maxim Ivanov , Andrei Vesnin

We prove that the so-called t algebra of braids and ties supports a Markov trace. Further, by using this trace in the Jones' recipe, we define invariant polynomials for classical knots and singular knots. Our invariants have three…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Francesca Aicardi , Jesus Juyumaya

This paper extends the construction of invariants for virtual knots to virtual long knots and introduces two new invariant modules of virtual long knots. Several interesting features are described that distinguish virtual long knots from…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-06-01 Andrew Bartholomew , Roger Fenn , Naoko Kamada , Seiichi Kamada

Two new invariants that are closely related to Milnor's curvature-torsion invariant are introduced. The first, the spiral index of a knot, captures the minimum number of maxima among all knot projections that are free of inflection points.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Colin Adams , William George , Rachel Hudson , Ralph Morrison , Laura Starkston , Samuel Taylor , Olga Turanova

In this paper we present a sequence of link invariants, defined from twisted Alexander polynomials, and discuss their effectiveness in distinguish knots. In particular, we recast and extend by geometric means a recent result of Silver and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-24 Stefan Friedl , Stefano Vidussi

We construct two complete invariants of oriented classical knots in space. The value of each invariant on any knot is a set, infinite for the first invariant and finite for the second. The finite set is computed algorithmically from any…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-02 Dimitrios Kodokostas

We introduce twelve polynomial invariants for long virtual knots, called intersection polynomials, extending and refining the three intersection polynomials for virtual knots. They are defined via intersection numbers of cycles on a closed…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Takuji Nakamura , Yasutaka Nakanishi , Shin Satoh , Kodai Wada

We relate certain abelian invariants of a knot, namely the Alexander polynomial, the Blanchfield form, and the Arf invariant, to intersection data of a Whitney tower in the 4-ball bounded by the knot. We also give a new 3-dimensional…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Jae Choon Cha , Kent E. Orr , Mark Powell

The aim of this paper is to introduce a polynomial invariant $f_K(t)$ for virtual knots. We show that $f_K(t)$ can be used to distinguish some virtual knot from its inverse and mirror image. The behavior of $f_K(t)$ under connected sum is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-02-20 Zhiyun Cheng

In this survey we summarize results regarding the Kauffman bracket, HOMFLYPT, Kauffman 2-variable and Dubrovnik skein modules, and the Alexander polynomial of links in lens spaces, which we represent as mixed link diagrams. These invariants…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Boštjan Gabrovšek , Eva Horvat

The Alexander polynomial of a knot has been generalized in three different ways to give twisted invariants. The resulting invariants are usually referred to as twisted Alexander polynomials, higher-order Alexander polynomials and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Jérôme Dubois , Stefan Friedl , Wolfgang Lück

A polynomial invariant of virtual links, arising from an invariant of links in thickened surfaces introduced by Jaeger, Kauffman, and Saleur, is defined and its properties are investigated. Examples are given that the invariant can detect…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Sawollek

In this paper we announce the existence of a family of new $2$-variable polynomial invariants for oriented classical links defined via a Markov trace on the Yokonuma-Hecke algebra of type $A$. Yokonuma-Hecke algebras are generalizations of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-06-09 Maria Chlouveraki , Jesus Juyumaya , Konstantinos Karvounis , Sofia Lambropoulou

We define three different types of spanning surfaces for knots in thickened surfaces. We use these to introduce new Seifert matrices, Alexander-type polynomials, genera, and a signature invariant. One of these Alexander polynomials extends…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-04-18 András Juhász , Louis H. Kauffman , Eiji Ogasa

We define a multi-variable version of the Affine Index Polynomial for virtual links. This invariant reduces to the original Affine Index Polynomial in the case of virtual knots, and also generalizes the version for compatible virtual links…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Nicolas Petit