Invariants of welded virtual knots via crossed module invariants of knotted surfaces

DOI10.1112/S0010437X07003429zbMATH Open1146.57004arXiv0704.1246MaRDI QIDQ3521143FDOQ3521143

Authors: Louis Kauffman, João Martins 

Publication date: 27 August 2008

Published in: Compositio Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define an invariant of welded virtual knots from each finite crossed module by considering crossed module invariants of ribbon knotted surfaces which are naturally associated with them. We elucidate that the invariants obtained are non trivial by calculating explicit examples. We define welded virtual graphs and consider invariants of them defined in a similar way.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1246

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zbMATH Keywords

crossed moduleAlexander moduleknotted surfacesquandle invariantswelded virtual knots

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