G-Family Polynomials

Abstract

We introduce two notions of quandle polynomials for G-families of quandles: the quandle polynomial of the associated quandle and a G-family polynomial with coefficients in the group ring of G. As an application we define image subquandle polynomial enhancements of the G-family counting invariant for trivalent spatial graphs and handlebody-links. We provide examples to show that the new enhancements are proper.