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In this paper, we give a geometric interpretation of virtual knotoids as arcs in thickened surfaces. Then we show that virtual knotoid theory is a generalization of classical knotoid theory. This gives a proof of a conjecture of Kauffman…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Neslihan Gügümcü , Hamdi Kayaslan

In this paper we construct new invariants of knotoids including the odd writhe, the parity bracket polynomial, the affine index polynomial and the arrow polynomial, and give an introduction to the theory of virtual knotoids. The invariants…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Neslihan Gügümcü , Louis H. Kauffman

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

The motivation for this work is to construct a map from classical knots to virtual ones. What we get in the paper is a series of maps from knots in the full torus (thickened torus) to flat-virtual knots. We give definition of flat-virtual…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-06-21 V. O. Manturov , I. M. Nikonov

Marked vertex diagrams provide a combinatorial way to represent knotted surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$; including virtual crossings allows for a theory of virtual knotted surfaces and virtual cobordisms. Biquandle counting invariants are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-06-08 Sam Nelson , Patricia Rivera

We modify the definition of spherical knotoids to include a framing, in analogy to framed knots, and define a further modification that includes a secondary 'coframing' to obtain 'biframed' knotoids. We exhibit topological spaces whose…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Wout Moltmaker

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

In the present paper we give a new method for converting virtual knots and links to virtual braids. Indeed the braiding method given in this paper is quite general, and applies to all the categories in which braiding can be accomplished. We…

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

We define a family of quiver representation-valued invariants of oriented classical and virtual knots and links associated to a choice of finite quandle $X$, abelian group $A$, set of quandle 2-cocycles $C\subset H^2_Q(x;A)$, choice of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Sam Nelson

We define new invariants of knots by means of quandle colorings and longitudinal information. These invariants can be applied to a tangle embedding problem and recognizing non-classical virtual knots.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Maciej Niebrzydowski

Multi-virtual knot theory was introduced in $2024$ by the first author. In this paper, we initiate the study of algebraic invariants of multi-virtual links. After determining a generating set of (oriented) multi-virtual Reidemeister moves,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Louis H. Kauffman , Sujoy Mukherjee , Petr Vojtěchovský

In this work we describe a new invariant of virtual knots. We show that this transcendental function invariant generalizes several polynomial invariants of virtual knots, such as the writhe polynomial, the affine index polynomial and the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Zhiyun Cheng

We define new notions of groups of virtual and welded knots (or links) and we study their relations with other invariants, in particular the Kauffman group of a virtual knot.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-04-17 Valeriy G. Bardakov , Paolo Bellingeri

We introduce a new polynomial invariant of virtual knots and links and use this invariant to compute a lower bound on the virtual crossing number and the minimal surface genus.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-02-24 H. A. Dye , Louis H. Kauffman

We bring cocycle enhancement theory to the case of psyquandles. Analogously to our previous work on virtual biquandle cocycle enhancements, we define enhancements of the psyquandle counting invariant via pairs of a biquandle 2-cocycle and a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Jose Ceniceros , Sam Nelson

In this paper, we introduce biquandle power brackets, an infinite family of invariants of oriented links containing the classical skein invariants and the quandle and biquandle 2-cocycle invariants as special cases. Biquandle power brackets…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Neslihan Gügümcü , Sam Nelson

A biquandle is a solution to the set-theoretical Yang-Baxter equation, which yields invariants for virtual knots such as the coloring number and the state-sum invariant. A virtual biquandle enriches the structure of a biquandle by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Mohamed Elhamdadi , Manpreet Singh

We define a type of biquandle which is a generalization of symplectic quandles. We use the extra structure of these bilinear biquandles to define new knot and link invariants and give some examples.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-08-13 Sam Nelson , Jacquelyn L. Rische

In this paper, we define some polynomial invariants for virtual knots and links. In the first part we use Manturov's parity axioms to obtain a new polynomial invariant of virtual knots. This invariant can be regarded as a generalization of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-12-31 Zhiyun Cheng , Hongzhu Gao

Virtual knot theory is a generalization of knot theory which is based on Gauss chord diagrams and link diagrams on closed oriented surfaces. A twisted knot is a generalization of a virtual knot, which corresponds to a link diagram on a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Naoko Kamada