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We generalize the notion of the quandle polynomial to the case of singquandles. We show that the singquandle polynomial is an invariant of finite singquandles. We also construct a singular link invariant from the singquandle polynomial and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-21 Jose Ceniceros , Indu R. Churchill , Mohamed Elhamdadi

We consider a quiver structure on the set of quandle colorings of an oriented knot or link diagram. This structure contains a wealth of knot and link invariants and provides a categorification of the quandle counting invariant in the most…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Karina Cho , Sam Nelson

We introduce virtual tribrackets, an algebraic structure for coloring regions in the planar complement of an oriented virtual knot or link diagram. We use these structures to define counting invariants of virtual knots and links and provide…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Sam Nelson , Shane Pico

We discuss Vassiliev invariants for virtual knots, expanding upon the theory of quantum virtual knot invariants developed in arXiv:1509.00578. In particular, following the theory of quantum invariants we work with 'rotational' virtual…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Wout Moltmaker , Louis H. Kauffman

We introduce several algebraic structures related to handlebody-knots, including $G$-families of biquandles, partially multiplicative biquandles and group decomposable biquandles. These structures can be used to color the semiarcs in…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Atsushi Ishii , Sam Nelson

Yang-Baxter operators (YBOs) have been employed to construct quantum knot invariants. More recently, cohomology theories for YBOs have been independently developed, drawing inspiration from analogous theories for quandles and other discrete…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Masahico Saito , Emanuele Zappala

Given any unoriented link diagram, a group of new knot invariants are constructed. Each of them satisfies a generalized 4 term skein relation. The coefficients of each invariant is from a commutative ring. Homomorphisms and representations…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-04-14 Zhiqing Yang , Jifu Xiao

We define a generalization of virtual links to arbitrary dimensions by extending the geometric definition due to Carter et al. We show that many homotopy type invariants for classical links extend to invariants of virtual links. We also…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-07-03 Blake Winter

Quandle Coloring Quivers are directed graph-valued invariants of classical and virtual knots and links associated to finite quandles. Quandle action quivers are subquivers of the full quandle coloring quiver associated to quandle actions by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Mason Cai , Sam Nelson

We use Kauffman's bracket polynomial to define a complex-valued invariant of virtual rational tangles that generalizes the well-known fraction invariant for classical rational tangles. We provide a recursive formula for computing the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Blake Mellor , Sean Nevin

We define a two-variable polynomial invariant of finite quandles. In many cases this invariant completely determines the algebraic structure of the quandle up to isomorphism. We use this polynomial to define a family of link invariants…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-08-13 Sam Nelson

In this paper, we consider biquandle colorings for knotoids in $\mathbb{R}^2$ or $S^2$ and we construct several coloring invariants for knotoids derived as enhancements of the biquandle counting invariant. We first enhance the biquandle…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Neslihan Gügümcü , Sam Nelson

This article introduces a natural extension of colouring numbers of knots, called colouring polynomials, and studies their relationship to Yang-Baxter invariants and quandle 2-cocycle invariants. For a knot K in the 3-sphere let \pi_K be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-11-20 Michael Eisermann

In the prequel of this paper, Kauffman and Ogasa introduced new topological quantum invariants of compact oriented 3-manifolds with boundary where the boundary is a disjoint union of two identical surfaces. The invariants are constructed…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Heather A. Dye , Louis H. Kauffman , Eiji Ogasa

We introduce three kinds of invariants of a virtual knot called the first, second, and third intersection polynomials. The definition is based on the intersection number of a pair of curves on a closed surface. The calculations of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Ryuji Higa , Takuji Nakamura , Yasutaka Nakanishi , Shin Satoh

We enhance the pointed quandle counting invariant of linkoids through the use of quivers analogously to quandle coloring quivers. This allows us to generalize the in-degree polynomial invariant of links to linkoids. Additionally, we…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Jose Ceniceros , Max Klivans

We introduce new topological quantum invariants of compact oriented 3-manifolds with boundary where the boundary is a disjoint union of two identical surfaces. The invariants are constructed via surgery on manifolds of the form $F \times I$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Louis H. Kauffman , Eiji Ogasa

This paper discusses the construction of a generalized Alexander polynomial for virtual knots and links, and the reformulation of this invariant as a quantum link invariant. The algebraic background for the generalized Alexander module is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman , David E. Radford

In this paper we give the results of a computer search for biracks of small size and we give various interpretations of these findings. The list includes biquandles, racks and quandles together with new invariants of welded knots and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-29 Andrew Bartholomew , Roger Fenn

We enhance the quandle coloring quiver invariant of oriented knots and links with quandle modules. This results in a two-variable polynomial invariant with specializes to the previous quandle module polynomial invariant as well as to the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-12 Karma Istanbouli , Sam Nelson