Labels instead of coefficients: A label bracket ⋅ℒ which dominates the Jones polynomial 𝒳 ⋅, the Kuperberg bracket ⋅A2, and the normalized arrow polynomial 𝒲⋅

Abstract

In the present paper, we develop a picture formalism which gives rise to an invariant that dominates several known invariants of classical and virtual knots: the Jones polynomial, the Kuperberg bracket, and the normalised arrow polynomial.