Multi-virtual knot theory

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The paper introduces multi-virtual knot theory, a generalization of virtual knot theory in which several distinct types of virtual crossings are allowed. Motivated in part by extensions of the Penrose evaluation for colorings of trivalent graphs, the author develops the basic diagrammatic framework for multi-virtual knots and links. Various algebraic and combinatorial structures associated with the theory are studied, including generalizations of bracket polynomials, coloring invariants, and quandle-type invariants. The work also discusses braid representations and Markov-type results for multi-virtual braids, together with connections to graph coloring models and related combinatorial constructions. Numerous directions for further investigation in this extended setting are proposed.



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