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Integral positive (negative) quandle cocycle invariants are trivial for knots

Geometric Topology 2016-01-20 v1

Abstract

In this note we prove that for any finite quandle XX and any 2-cocycle ϕZQ±2(X;\mathdsZ)\phi\in Z^2_{Q\pm}(X; \mathds{Z}), the cocycle invariant Φϕ±(K)\Phi^{\pm}_{\phi}(K) is trivial for all knots KK.

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@article{arxiv.1502.03904,
  title  = {Integral positive (negative) quandle cocycle invariants are trivial for knots},
  author = {Zhiyun Cheng and Hongzhu Gao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.03904},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures. Comments are welcome