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.
Study explores associated groups of symmetric quandles and their properties.
problem Understanding the structure and relationships of symmetric quandles and their associated groups.
method Group-theoretic analysis and characterization of associated groups.
result Characterization and properties of associated groups of symmetric quandles.
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.
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.
A symmetric quandle is a quandle with a good involution. For a knot in \$R^3\$, a knotted surface in \$R^4\$ or an \$n\$-manifold knot in \$R^{n+2}\$, the knot symmetric quandle is defined. We introduce the notion of a symmetric quandle presentation, and show how to get a presentation of a knot symmetric quandle from a…
New exact sequence links cohomology, automorphisms, and extensions of symmetric quandles.
problem Understanding the structure of extensions and automorphisms in symmetric quandles.
method Derived a four-term exact sequence relating 1-cocycles, second cohomology, and automorphisms.
result Obstruction to automorphisms lies in the second cohomology of symmetric quandles.
The paper defines conditions for good involutions in generalized Alexander quandles.
problem Determining conditions for good involutions in generalized Alexander quandles.
method Analyzing the structure of generalized Alexander quandles and their involutions.
result Classification of all good involutions in connected generalized Alexander quandles.
A quandle coloring obstruction prevents a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
problem Obstructing a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
method Symmetric dihedral quandle coloring analysis.
result A symmetric dihedral quandle of order 4 cannot color a specific surface-link, obstructing ribbon concordance.
The paper studies quandles from symmetric group automorphisms and finds a correspondence with conjugacy classes.
problem Investigating quandles from automorphisms of symmetric groups.
method Developed quandle invariants and proved a one-to-one correspondence between quandles and conjugacy classes.
result There is a one-to-one correspondence between generalized Alexander quandles arising from symmetric groups $\Sf_n$ and the conjugacy classes of $\Sf_n$ for 3≤n≤30 with neq6,15. The paper defines and calculates Euler characteristics for quandles.
problem Defining and calculating Euler characteristics for quandles.
method Definition and calculation of Euler characteristics for quandles.
result The quandle Euler characteristic of a compact connected Riemannian symmetric space coincides with the topological Euler characteristic.
Quandles can be regarded as generalizations of symmetric spaces. In the study of symmetric spaces, the notion of flatness plays an important role. In this paper, we define the notion of flat quandles, by referring to the theory of Riemannian symmetric spaces, and classify flat connected finite quandles.
Paper computes knot symmetric quandle for surface-links and finds infinitely many distinct surface-knots.
problem Computing knot symmetric quandle for surface-links.
method Using plat form presentations, the paper computes the knot symmetric quandle for surface-links.
result Infinitely many distinct surface-knots of genus g with plat indices m.
Characterizes knot groups and symmetric quandles of surface-links.
problem Characterize knot groups and symmetric quandles of surface-links.
method Used plat presentations for surface-links and closed 2-dimensional braids.
result Generalized results to include non-orientable surface-links and showed that dihedral quandles can be realized as symmetric quandles of surface-links.
Quandles can be regarded as generalizations of symmetric spaces. Among symmetric spaces, two-point homogeneous Riemannian manifolds would be the most fundamental ones. In this paper, we define two-point homogeneous quandles analogously, and classify those with prime cardinality.
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…
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.
By using the cohomology theory of quandles, quandle cocycle invariants and shadow quandle cocycle invariants are defined for oriented links and surface-links via broken surface diagrams. By using symmetric quandles, symmetric quandle cocycle invariants are also defined for unoriented links and surface-links via broken …
This paper studies quandles with one non-trivial column and their properties.
problem Understanding quandles with exactly one non-trivially permuted column.
method Investigates automorphism groups, polynomials, cohomology, and hom quandles of quandles with one non-trivial column.
result The properties of these quandles relate to linking number.
If A is an abelian quandle and Q is a quandle, the hom set Hom(Q,A) of quandle homomorphisms from Q to A has a natural quandle structure. We exploit this fact to enhance the quandle counting invariant, providing an example of links with the same counting invariant values but distinguished by the hom …
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.
We define a quandle variety as an irreducible algebraic variety Q endowed with an algebraically defined quandle operation ⊳. It can also be seen as an analogue of a generalized affine symmetric space or a regular s-manifold in algebraic geometry. Assume that Q is normal as an algebraic variety and that the a…
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.
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 …
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.
We introduce the notion of a quandle with a good involution and its homology groups. Carter et al. defined quandle cocycle invariants for oriented links and oriented surface-links. By use of good involutions, quandle cocyle invariants can be defined for links and surface-links which are not necessarily oriented or orie…
The paper characterizes Alexander quandles of finite groups.
problem Characterizing Alexander quandles of finite groups.
method Using group theory and automorphism groups, the paper provides characterizations of Alexander quandles.
result Generalized Alexander quandles of finite groups are characterized in terms of automorphism groups and underlying groups.
Study of generalized Legendrian racks and their GL-structures.
problem Characterizing and classifying generalized Legendrian racks.
method Algebraic analysis, classification of racks and GL-racks, tensor products.
result Classification of several infinite families of GL-racks.
The paper reinterprets knot group invariants using affine transformations.
problem Alexander invariants of knots and their geometric interpretation.
method Representation varieties of knot groups into extrmAGL1(C). result Alexander polynomial as the singular locus of a coherent sheaf.
We categorify the theory of Lie algebras beginning with a new notion of categorified vector space, or `2-vector space', which we define as an internal category in Vect, the category of vector spaces. We then define a `semistrict Lie 2-algebra' to be a 2-vector space equipped with a skew-symmetric bilinear functor satis…
Study of quandle coloring quivers with dihedral quandles.
problem Link invariants and their enhancements using quandles.
method Introduced shadow quandle coloring quivers and cocycle quivers, studied equivalence with quandle coloring numbers and shadow quandle cocycle invariants.
result Equivalence of quandle coloring quivers with quandle coloring numbers and shadow quandle cocycle quivers with shadow quandle cocycle invariants for specific dihedral quandles.
The paper explores idempotents in quandle rings and their connections to quandle coverings.
problem Understanding idempotents in quandle rings and their relation to quandle coverings.
method Investigation of idempotents in quandle rings, proving properties of idempotents in free products and unions of quandles.
result Integral quandle rings of quandles of finite type that are non-trivial coverings over nice base quandles admit infinitely many non-trivial idempotents.
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.
New polynomial invariants from quandle action quivers.
problem Classical and virtual knot and link invariants.
method Categorification of quandle counting invariant using quandle action quivers.
result Quandle action polynomials as decategorifications.
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.
This paper computes the second quandle homology group of knot n-quandles.
problem Characterizing knots using quandle homology groups.
method Computation of the second quandle homology group for knot n-quandles.
result The second quandle homology group of knot n-quandles provides more information than the knot quandle's homology group.
The paper studies finiteness of canonical quotients in Dehn quandles of surfaces.
problem Finiteness of canonical quotients in Dehn quandles of surfaces.
method Analyzing the Dehn quandle structure and using quandle quotients.
result For surfaces of positive genus, the n-quandle of their Dehn quandles is finite for specific values of n. 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.
The aim of this paper is to propose a theory of derivations for quandles. Given a quandle A admitting an action by a quandle Q, derivations from Q to A are introduced as twisted analogues of quandle homomorphisms. It is shown that for each quandle Q there exists a unique Q-quandle AQ (the deriv…
New link colorings using quandle rings and idempotents are stronger than existing methods.
problem Improving the quandle coloring invariant of links.
method Using quandle rings and their idempotents to enhance the quandle coloring invariant.
result The new invariants are stronger than the $\Hom$ quandle invariant for certain coloring quandles.
Alexander quandles can be embedded into groups.
problem Embedding Alexander quandles into groups.
method For any twisted conjugate quandle, find a group such that the quandle is embedded into the conjugation quandle of the group.
result Alexander quandles can be embedded into groups.
The study describes good involutions in quandles and Alexander quandles.
problem Characterizing and enumerating good involutions in quandles and Alexander quandles.
method Completely describing good involutions of free and subquandles of twisted conjugation quandles of groups, including Alexander quandles.
result Explicit mappings for good involutions of linear quandles up to order 23.
The paper explores zero-divisors and idempotents in quandle rings, proving their absence in certain cases.
problem Understanding zero-divisors and idempotents in quandle rings.
method Development of quandle rings theory, definition of orderability, computation of idempotents, and analysis of automorphism groups.
result Quandle rings of left or right orderable quandles with semi-latin structure have no zero-divisors.
Study on quandle coloring quivers for (p, 2)-torus knots and links.
problem Understanding quandle colorings of (p, 2)-torus knots and links.
method Introduced quandle coloring quivers and studied them for dihedral quandles.
result Characterized quandle coloring quivers for (p, 2)-torus knots and links.
Classifies spatial graphs with finite N-quandles.
problem Determining isomorphism of spatial graphs' N-quandles.
method Generalized N-quandles to spatial graphs, proving basic results and conjecturing a classification.
result Verifies conjecture in several cases, presents a possible counterexample.
In this note, residual finiteness of quandles is defined and investigated. It is proved that free quandles and knot quandles of tame knots are residually finite and Hopfian. Residual finiteness of quandles arising from residually finite groups (conjugation, core and Alexander quandles) is established. Further, residual…
Classifies links with finite N-quandles for some N.
problem Describing finite quotients of quandles, especially n-quandles. method Introducing and studying N-quandles, proving one direction of a conjectured classification. result Proves one direction of a conjectured classification of links with finite N-quandles. The paper defines and analyzes quandles of knotoids and linkoids.
problem Tackling the invariant properties of knotoids and linkoids.
method Defining fundamental quandles and pointed quandles, proving invariance, and introducing new invariants.
result Fundamental pointed quandles enhance the fundamental quandle and distinguish 1-linkoids.
Study of twisted Alexander matrices for certain quandles and their invariants.
problem Investigate f-twisted Alexander matrices for quandles associated with Alexander pairs. method Define and analyze f-twisted Alexander matrices of certain quandles, relate to Carter-Saito-Satoh's invariant, and discuss connections to quandle homology groups. result 0-th elementary ideal of f-twisted Alexander matrix can be described using Carter-Saito-Satoh's invariant.