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Given a biquandle $(X, S)$, a function $\tau$ with certain compatibility and a pair of {\em non commutative cocyles} $f,h:X \times X\to G$ with values in a non necessarily commutative group $G$, we give an invariant for singular knots /…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Marco Farinati , Juliana García Galofre

We study Coxeter racks over $\mathbb{Z}_n$ and the knot and link invariants they define. We exploit the module structure of these racks to enhance the rack counting invariants and give examples showing that these enhanced invariants are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-08-13 Sam Nelson , Ryan Wieghard

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

Racks and quandles are rich algebraic structures that are strong enough to classify knots. Here we develop several fundamental categorical aspects of the theories of racks and quandles and their relation to the theory of permutations. In…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-04-30 Markus Szymik

For an oriented knot $K$, we construct a functor from the category of pointed quandles to the category of quandles in three different ways. We also extend the quandle cocycle invariants of knots by using these quandle-valued invariant of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-06-11 Tetsuya Ito

In this paper, we build on the biquasiles and dual graph diagrams introduced in arXiv:1610.06969. We introduce \textit{biquasile Boltzmann weights} that enhance the previous knot coloring invariant defined in terms of finite biquasiles and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-09-25 WonHyuk Choi , Deanna Needell , Sam Nelson

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 introduce a modified rack algebra Z[X] for racks X with finite rack rank N. We use representations of Z[X] into rings, known as rack modules, to define enhancements of the rack counting invariant for classical and virtual knots and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-08-04 Aaron Haas , Garret Heckel , Sam Nelson , Jonah Yuen , Qingcheng Zhang

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 ambient isotopy invariants of oriented knots and links using the counting invariants of framed links defined by finite racks. These invariants reduce to the usual quandle counting invariant when the rack in question is a quandle.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Sam Nelson

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

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 2010-04-09 Andrew Bartholomew , Roger Fenn

We explore indefinite causal order between events in the context of quasiclassical spacetimes in superposition. We introduce several new quantifiers to measure the degree of indefiniteness of the causal order for an arbitrary finite number…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-07 Samuel Fedida , Anne-Catherine de la Hamette , Viktoria Kabel , Časlav Brukner

The fundamental quandle is a powerful invariant of knots and links, but it is difficult to describe in detail. It is often useful to look at quotients of the quandle, especially finite quotients. One natural quotient introduced by Joyce is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Blake Mellor , Riley Smith

We extend the quandle cocycle invariant to oriented singular knots and links using algebraic structures called \emph{oriented singquandles} and assigning weight functions at both regular and singular crossings. This invariant coincides with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Jose Ceniceros , Indu R. Churchill , Mohamed Elhamdadi , Mustafa Hajij

We introduce a version of the Alexander polynomial for singular knots and tangles and show how it can be strengthened considerably by introducing a perturbation. For singular long knots, we also prove that our Alexander polynomial agrees…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-09-27 Martine Schut , Roland van der Veen

Quantum enhancement polynomials are invariants for oriented links, defined in association with an algebraic structure called a tribracket. In this paper, we focus on the particular case of the canonical two-element tribracket. We prove…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Yuya Koda , Yuya Nishimura , Yuka Sakamoto

We generalise the finite biquandle colouring invariant to a polynomial invariant based on labelling a knot diagram with a finite birack that reduces to the biquandle colouring invariant in that case. The polynomial is an invariant of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Andrew Bartholomew , Roger Fenn , Louis Kauffman

In the loop representation the quantum constraints of gravity can be solved. This fact allowed significant progress in the understanding of the space of states of the theory. The analysis of the constraints over loop dependent wavefunctions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Jorge Griego

We investigate the relationship between the quandle and biquandle coloring invariant and obtain an enhancement of the quandle and biquandle coloring invariants using biquandle structures. We also continue the study of biquandle…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-04-24 Eva Horvat , Alissa S. Crans