Affiliation:
1. Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a notion of virtual marked graphs and their equivalence and then define polynomial invariants for virtual marked graphs using invariants for virtual links. We also formulate a way how to define the ideal coset invariants for virtual surface-links using the polynomial invariants for virtual marked graphs. Examining this theory with the Kauffman bracket polynomial, we establish a natural extension of the Kauffman bracket polynomial to virtual marked graphs and found the ideal coset invariant for virtual surface-links using the extended Kauffman bracket polynomial.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Algebra and Number Theory