2 papers
math.GT2019
Virtual Parity Alexander Polynomial
Heather A. Dye, Aaron Kaestner
In this paper, we define the parity virtual Alexander polynomial following the work of BDGGHN [1] and Kaestner and Kauffman [10]. The properties of this invariant are explored and…
math.GT2011
Parity Biquandles
Aaron Kaestner, Louis H. Kauffman
We use crossing parity to construct a generalization of biquandles for virtual knots which we call Parity Biquandles. These structures include all biquandles as a standard example…