Invariants of multi-linkoids (Q6042149)

In this paper, Gabrovsek and Gügümcü introduce the concept of multi-linkoids, which are generalizations of knotoids. The authors initially extend the Kauffman bracket polynomial and the Kauffman skein module to the case of multi-knotoids. They also show that the Kauffman bracket skein module is freely generated. Next, they introduce the concept of generalized theta-graphs and they show that there exists a bijection map between all knotoids in \(S^2\) and simple generalized theta-graphs. The T-invariant for spatial graphs is also defined and extended to the colored T-invariant for multi-linkoids. Finally, the authors provide some examples of multi-linkoids and compute their invariants.