From annular to toroidal knotoids and their universal bracket polynomials

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Main Authors: Diamantis, Ioannis, Lambropoulou, Sofia, Mahmoudi, Sonia
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author Diamantis, Ioannis
Lambropoulou, Sofia
Mahmoudi, Sonia
author_facet Diamantis, Ioannis
Lambropoulou, Sofia
Mahmoudi, Sonia
contents In this paper we study the theory of multi-knotoids in the annulus and in the torus, building up from the theory of planar knotoids to the theory of toroidal knotoids through the theory of annular knotoids. We introduce the concept of lifted annular and toroidal knotoids and examine inclusion relations arising naturally from the topology of the supporting manifolds. We also introduce the concept of mixed knotoids as special cases of planar knotoids, containing a fixed unknot for representing the thickened annulus or a fixed Hopf link for representing the thickened torus. We then extend the Turaev loop bracket for planar knotoids to bracket polynomials for annular and for toroidal knotoids, whose universal analogues recover the Kauffman bracket knotoid skein modules of the thickened annulus and the thickened torus.
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spellingShingle From annular to toroidal knotoids and their universal bracket polynomials
Diamantis, Ioannis
Lambropoulou, Sofia
Mahmoudi, Sonia
Geometric Topology
General Topology
57K10, 57K12, 57K14, 57M50
In this paper we study the theory of multi-knotoids in the annulus and in the torus, building up from the theory of planar knotoids to the theory of toroidal knotoids through the theory of annular knotoids. We introduce the concept of lifted annular and toroidal knotoids and examine inclusion relations arising naturally from the topology of the supporting manifolds. We also introduce the concept of mixed knotoids as special cases of planar knotoids, containing a fixed unknot for representing the thickened annulus or a fixed Hopf link for representing the thickened torus. We then extend the Turaev loop bracket for planar knotoids to bracket polynomials for annular and for toroidal knotoids, whose universal analogues recover the Kauffman bracket knotoid skein modules of the thickened annulus and the thickened torus.
title From annular to toroidal knotoids and their universal bracket polynomials
topic Geometric Topology
General Topology
57K10, 57K12, 57K14, 57M50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05014