Knot symmetries and the fundamental quandle
Geometric Topology
2017-07-18 v1
Abstract
We establish a relationship between the knot symmetries and the automorphisms of the knot quandle. We identify the homeomorphisms of the pair that induce the (anti)automorphisms of the fundamental quandle . We show that every quandle (anti)automorphism of is induced by a homeomorphism of the pair . As an application of those results, we are able to explore some symmetry properties of a knot based on the presentation of its fundamental quandle, which is easily derived from a knot diagram.
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@article{arxiv.1707.04824,
title = {Knot symmetries and the fundamental quandle},
author = {Eva Horvat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04824},
year = {2017}
}
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14 pages, 5 figures