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arxiv: 1103.0301 · v2 · pith:62WPY6QDnew · submitted 2011-03-01 · 🧮 math.GT · math.QA

Birack modules and their link invariants

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We extend the rack algebra Z[X] defined by Andruskiewitsch and Grana to the case of biracks, enabling a notion of birack modules. We use these birack modules to define an enhancement of the birack counting invariant generalizing the birack module counting invariant in [8]. We provide examples demonstrating that the enhanced invariant is not determined by the Jones or Alexander polynomials and is strictly stronger than the unenhanced birack counting invariant.

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