Virtual rational tangles

DOI10.1142/S0218216520500340zbMATH Open1452.57009arXiv1805.12072OpenAlexW3023971667MaRDI QIDQ5118865FDOQ5118865

Blake Mellor, Sean Nevin

Publication date: 27 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use Kauffman's bracket polynomial to define a complex-valued invariant of virtual rational tangles that generalizes the well-known fraction invariant for classical rational tangles. We provide a recursive formula for computing the invariant, and use it to compute several examples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.12072

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zbMATH Keywords

rational tanglesvirtual knotsKauffman's bracket polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized knots (virtual knots, welded knots, quandles, etc.) (57K12)

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