In the present paper, we introduce the new construction of quandles. For a group and its subset we construct a quandle which is called the -quandle and study properties of this quandle. In particular, we prove that if is a quandle such that the natural map from to its envelopi…
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Dehn quandles of groups and surfaces unify various quandle constructions.
problem Understanding and unifying various quandle constructions.
method Introducing Dehn quandles of groups and subsets, proving properties and embeddings.
result Dehn quandles embed naturally into their enveloping groups, and enveloping groups of certain quandles are the quandles themselves.
Generalizes quandle constructions and defines a multiplication that results in an abelian group.
problem Tackles the construction and multiplication of quandle structures.
method Defines a composition of quandle structures and proves conditions for it to form a quandle, then shows the resulting group is abelian.
result Multiplication of quandle structures results in an abelian group.
Characterizes quandles with abelian inner automorphisms.
problem Understanding quandles with specific automorphism properties.
method Generalizes previous work to construct new quandles.
result Homogeneous quandles with abelian inner automorphisms are abelian extensions of trivial quandles.
Hierarchical quandlesmath.GT
Hierarchical quandles extend diquandles and multi-quandles for link invariants.
problem Constructing invariants for links colored by quandles.
method Hierarchical quandle colourings to construct cocycle invariants.
result Hierarchical quandles provide new link invariants.
Constructs the medial quandle from link's peripheral structure.
problem Building the medial quandle of links.
method From reduced Alexander module's peripheral structure.
result Medial quandle constructed successfully.
New symmetric quandles constructed from group elements and subgroups.
problem Understanding the structure of symmetric quandles.
method Constructing symmetric quandles from specific group elements and subgroups.
result Every symmetric quandle is isomorphic to the disjoint union of constructed quandles.
We construct elements of the third quandle homology groups of knot quandles, which are called the shadow fundamental classes. They play the same roles for the shadow quandle cocycle invariants of knots as the fundamental classes of knot quandles does for the quandle cocycle invariants. As an application of the shadow f…
On Profinite Quandlesmath.GT
Study of profinite quandles with constructions and characterizations.
problem Characterizing and constructing profinite quandles.
method Several constructions and characterizations of profinite quandles from profinite groups and other quandles.
result Characterization of algebraically connected profinite quandles in terms of $\widehat{\Inn(Q)}$.
Symmetric quandles provide new insights into link colorings.
problem Understanding link colorings using quandles.
method Construction of symmetric quandles and isomorphism of their cohomology groups.
result Homology groups of quandles are isomorphic to those of their symmetric doubles.
This paper constructs quandles with abelian inner automorphism groups from graphs, proving their homogeneity.
problem Finding quandles with specific automorphism properties.
method Starting from simple graphs, the paper constructs quandles with abelian inner automorphism groups and proves their homogeneity.
result Homogeneous quandles with abelian inner automorphism groups are constructed from vertex-transitive graphs.
Paper provides criteria to detect non-admissible quandles via coloring.
problem Determining non-admissibility of quandles.
method Using colorings of (1, 1)-tangles to detect non-admissibility.
result Constructed numerous non-admissible quandles.
The paper explores relationships between quandle cohomology, extensions, and automorphisms.
problem Understanding the structure of quandle extensions and automorphisms.
method Establishes a four-term exact sequence and proves relationships involving cohomology, extensions, and automorphisms of quandles.
result Derives new relationships between quandle cohomology, extensions, and automorphisms.
Cocycles are constructed by polynomial expressions for Alexander quandles. As applications, non-triviality of some quandle homology groups are proved, and quandle cocycle invariants of knots are studied. In particular, for an infinite family of quandles, the non-triviality of quandle homology groups is proved for all o…
Paper studies embedding conditions for homogeneous quandles.
problem Embedding problem of homogeneous quandles.
method Necessary and sufficient condition for quandle homomorphisms to be embeddings.
result Generalization of embedding theorem for generalized Alexander quandles.
For an oriented knot , we construct a functor from the category of pointed quandles to the category of quandles in three different ways. We also extend the quandle cocycle invariants of knots by using these quandle-valued invariant of knots, and study their properties.
We introduce a new homology theory of quandles, called simplicial quandle homology, which is quite different from quandle homology developed by Carter et al. We construct a homomorphism from a quandle homology group to a simplicial quandle homology group. As an application, we obtain a method for computing the complex …
New (co)homology theory for symmetric quandles developed.
problem Developing strong invariants for symmetric quandles.
method Introducing symmetric quandle modules and Beck modules, extending module theory, and constructing generalized (co)homology.
result Established an explicit isomorphism between symmetric quandle cohomology and group cohomology.
Quandle Cocycle Quiversmath.GT
We incorporate quandle cocycle information into the quandle coloring quivers we defined in arXiv:1807.10465 to define weighted directed graph-valued invariants of oriented links we call \textit{quandle cocycle quivers}. This construction turns the quandle cocycle invariant into a small category, yielding a categorifica…
The paper studies quandles of hyperbolic 3-space isometries.
problem Investigating quandles of hyperbolic 3-space isometries.
method Introducing a new quandle and constructing a canonical map to the conjugate quandle.
result The canonical map from to the conjugate quandle is injective and has a discrete image.
We prove that if G is an abelian group of odd order then there is an isomorphism from the second quandle homology of the Takasaki quandle of G to the exterior square of G. In particular, for G=Z_k^n, k odd, we obtain Z_k^{n(n-1)/2}. Nontrivial second homology allows us to use 2-cocycles to construct new quandles from T…
Maps quandle homology to relative group homology.
problem Understanding the relationship between quandle and group homology.
method Introducing a chain map and constructing quandle cocycles.
result Relates quandle homology to relative group homology through triangulations.
In 1993, Fenn, Rourke and Sanderson introduced rack spaces and rack homotopy invariants, and modifications to quandle spaces and quandle homotopy invariants were introduced by Nosaka in 2011. In this paper, we define the Cayley-type graph and the extended quandle space of a quandle in analogy to rack and quandle spaces…
Embed spherical quandles into Lie groups smoothly.
problem Embedding spherical quandles into Lie groups.
method Construct smooth embeddings into conjugation quandles of Lie groups.
result Embeddings into orthogonal, Spin, or Pin groups in dimensions 1 and 3 compared with Bergman and Akita's.
Quandle cocycles are constructed from extensions of quandles. The theory is parallel to that of group cohomology and group extensions. An interpretation of quandle cocycle invariants as obstructions to extending knot colorings is given, and is extended to links component-wise.
The homology and cohomology of quandles and racks are used in knot theory: given a finite quandle and a cocycle, we can construct a knot invariant. This is a quick introductory survey to the invariants of knots derived from quandles and racks.
Dynamics of quandle ordersmath.GT
Map quandle orders to actions, characterize isolated orders, and prove no isolated right orders.
problem Characterizing isolated orders on quandles and proving the absence of certain orders.
method Construct a continuous map from orders to actions, use strong rigidity, and analyze specific cases.
result No isolated right orders on free quandles, except for specific cases.
We construct a virtual quandle for links in lens spaces , with . This invariant has two valuable advantages over an ordinary fundamental quandle for links in lens spaces: the virtual quandle is an essential invariant and the presentation of the virtual quandle can be easily written from the band diagram of…
New quandles classify surfaces, with infinite cohomology.
problem Classifying closed orientable surfaces using quandles.
method Introduced new quandle families, analyzed their cohomology, and computed their idempotents.
result Second bounded quandle cohomology is infinite-dimensional.
We give a construction of quandle cocycles from group cocycles, especially, for any integer p \geq 3, quandle cocycles of the dihedral quandle R_p from group cocycles of the cyclic group Z/p. We will show that a group 3-cocycle of Z/p gives rise to a non-trivial quandle 3-cocycle of R_p. When p is an odd prime, since d…
Biquandles are algebraic objects with two binary operations whose axioms encode the generalized Reidemeister moves for virtual knots and links. These objects also provide set-theoretic solutions of the well-known Yang-Baxter equation. The first half of this paper proposes some natural constructions of biquandles from g…
Paper introduces tensor product of quandles for knot classification.
problem Classifying knot invariants of surface-links with 1-handles.
method Introduces tensor product of quandles and applies to surface-links.
result Tensor product of knot quandles/classical quandles can classify surface-link invariants.
We explore a knot invariant derived from colorings of corresponding -tangles with arbitrary connected quandles. When the quandle is an abelian extension of a certain type the invariant is equivalent to the quandle -cocycle invariant. We construct many such abelian extensions using generalized Alexander quandles w…
Rack and quandle homologymath.CT
The theory of rack and quandle modules is developed - in particular a tensor product is defined, and shown to satisfy an appropriate adjointness condition. Notions of free rack and quandle modules are introduced, and used to define an enveloping object (the `rack algebra' or `wring') for a given rack or quandle. These …
A quandle is a self-distributive algebraic structure that appears in quasi-group and knot theories. For each abelian group A and c \in A we define a quandle G(A, c) on \Z_3 \times A. These quandles are generalizations of a class of non-medial Latin quandles defined by V. M. Galkin so we call them Galkin quandles. Each …
Nilpotent quandlesmath.GT
Nilpotent quandles have simple characterizations and are closely related to nilpotency.
problem Characterizing and understanding nilpotent quandles.
method Characterization of generating sets, Hopf property, construction of free nilpotent quandles, simple presentations of associated groups.
result Nilpotent quandles have the Hopf property and are equivalent to reduced peripheral systems.
The paper explores orderability in link quandles and provides various results.
problem Orderability of link quandles and its interconnections with link groups.
method Develops a general theory of orderability, proves specific cases, and explores interconnections.
result Link quandles of most non-trivial torus links are not right-orderable.
We show that isotopy classes of simple closed curves in any oriented surface admit a quandle structure with operations induced by Dehn twists, the Dehn quandle of the surface. We further show that the monodromy of a Lefschetz fibration can be conveniently encoded as a quandle homomorphism from the knot quandle of the b…
The paper explores new quandle systems for handlebody-links and spatial graphs.
problem Developing new invariants for handlebody-links and spatial graphs.
method Investigates and constructs new algebraic systems (quandles) to generalize existing ones.
result Provides necessary conditions for colouring invariants of knotted handlebodies.
Enhances knot invariants using bilinear forms on vector spaces.
problem Improving classical and virtual knot invariants.
method Uses bilinear forms on vector spaces indexed by pairs of elements of a finite quandle.
result New enhanced invariants of knots and links.
Quandles with involutions that satisfy certain conditions, called good involutions, can be used to color non-orientable surface-knots. We use subgroups of signed permutation matrices to construct non-trivial good involutions on extensions of odd order dihedral quandles. For the smallest example of order 6 that is an ex…
This paper is a survey of several papers in quandle homology theory and cocycle knot invariants that have been published recently. Here we describe cocycle knot invariants that are defined in a state-sum form, quandle homology, and methods of constructing non-trivial cohomology classes.
Quandle cocycle invariants form a powerful and well developed tool in knot theory. This paper treats their variations - namely, positive and twisted quandle cocycle invariants, and shadow invariants. We interpret the former as particular cases of the latter. As an application, several constructions from the shadow worl…
Classifies good involutions in conjugation subquandles and racks.
problem Classifying quandles with good involutions for applications in surface-knot theory.
method Study of subquandles of conjugation quandles, including core quandles; analysis of good involutions of faithful racks.
result Sharp bounds on the number of good involutions of racks in these families.
Medial quandles fail to distinguish certain links, highlighting their limitations.
problem Detecting causality in spacetime using quandles.
method Investigated medial quandles' ability to distinguish specific links and knots.
result Medial quandles fail to distinguish certain links, including the connected sum of two Hopf links from an infinite series of relevant three-component links.
Quandle homology was defined from rack homology as the quotient by a subcomplex corresponding to the idempotency, for invariance under the type I Reidemeister move. Similar subcomplexes have been considered for various identities of racks and moves on diagrams. We observe common aspects of these identities and subcompl…
New definitions of rack and quandle modules are introduced, and shown to generalise the definitions previously studied by Andruskiewitsch, Etingof and Grana. This new construct is shown to coincide with Beck's general definition of a module in an arbitrary category. A theory of Abelian extensions of racks and quandles …
A new invariant for braids and knots uses secants and trisecants.
problem Creating an invariant for braids and knots.
method Defining secant-quandle (SQ) with secants and trisecants as generators and relations.
result Secant-quandle (SQ) is a novel invariant for braids and knots.