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Coloring link diagrams by Alexander quandles

Geometric Topology 2011-05-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the colorability of link diagrams by the Alexander quandles. We show that if the reduced Alexander polynomial ΔL(t)\Delta_{L}(t) is vanishing, then LL admits a non-trivial coloring by any non-trivial Alexander quandle QQ, and that if ΔL(t)=1\Delta_{L}(t)=1, then LL admits only the trivial coloring by any Alexander quandle QQ, also show that if ΔL(t)0,1\Delta_{L}(t)\not=0, 1, then LL admits a non-trivial coloring by the Alexander quandle Λ/(ΔL(t))\Lambda/(\Delta_{L}(t)).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1105.3695,
  title  = {Coloring link diagrams by Alexander quandles},
  author = {Yongju Bae},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.3695},
  year   = {2011}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure

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