Link invariants from finite racks
Geometric Topology
2013-07-30 v3 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We define ambient isotopy invariants of oriented knots and links using the counting invariants of framed links defined by finite racks. These invariants reduce to the usual quandle counting invariant when the rack in question is a quandle. We are able to further enhance these counting invariants with 2-cocycles from the coloring rack's second rack cohomology satisfying a new degeneracy condition which reduces to the usual case for quandles.
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@article{arxiv.0808.0029,
title = {Link invariants from finite racks},
author = {Sam Nelson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0029},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
13 pages; typos corrected