Quandle homomorphisms of knot quandles to Alexander quandles

被引:21
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作者
Inoue, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Math, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
关键词
knot; quandle; coloring; Alexander polynomial;
D O I
10.1142/S0218216501001177
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
A quandle is a set with a binary operation satisfying some properties. A quandle homomorphism is a map between quandles preserving the structure of their binary operations. A knot determines a quandle called a knot quandles. We show that the number of all quandle homomorphisms of a knot quandle of a knot to an Alexander quandle is completely determined by Alexander polynomials of the knot. Further we show that the set of all quandle homomorphisms of a knot quandle to an Alexander quandle has a module structure.
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页码:813 / 821
页数:9
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