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Main Author: Amarasinghe, Nipun
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11301
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  • We extend the $sl(3)$-polynomial invariant for links to tangles. Motivated by Kuperberg's construction of this invariant via planar trivalent graphs, we first define a category of $sl(3)$ webs and its sister linear category, and describe them via generators and relations. Then we define a functor from the category of oriented tangles to the linear category of $sl(3)$ webs, which yields an invariant for tangles and allows us to recover the $sl(3)$-polynomial invariant for links.