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Kei modules and unoriented link invariants

Geometric Topology 2011-02-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We define invariants of unoriented knots and links by enhancing the integral kei counting invariant Phi_X^Z (K) for a finite kei X using representations of the kei algebra, Z_K[X], a quotient of the quandle algebra Z[X] defined by Andruskiewitsch and Grana. We give an example that demonstrates that the enhanced invariant is stronger than the unenhanced kei counting invariant. As an application, we use a quandle module over the Takasaki kei on Z_3 which is not a Z_K[X]-module to detect the non-invertibility of a virtual knot.

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@article{arxiv.1102.4366,
  title  = {Kei modules and unoriented link invariants},
  author = {Mike Grier and Sam Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.4366},
  year   = {2011}
}

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9 pages

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