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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 (S3,K)(S^{3},K) that induce the (anti)automorphisms of the fundamental quandle Q(K)Q(K). We show that every quandle (anti)automorphism of Q(K)Q(K) is induced by a homeomorphism of the pair (S3,K)(S^{3},K). 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