Introducing Multi-Tribrackets: A Ternary Coloring Invariant
Evan Pauletich · Scholarship - Claremont (Claremont Colleges) · 2019
We begin by introducing knots and links generally and identifying various geometric, polynomial, and integer-based knot and link invariants. Of particular importance to this paper are ternary operations and Niebrzydowski tribrackets defined in [12], [10]. We then introduce multi-tribrackets, ternary algebraic structures following the specified region coloring rules with di↵erent operations at multi-component and single component crossings. We will explore examples of each of the invariants and conclude with remarks on the direction of the introduced multi-tribracket theory.