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On left-orderability of involutory quandles of links

Geometric Topology 2023-12-21 v4

Abstract

We give a non-left-orderability criterion for involutory quandles of non-split links. We use this criterion to show that the involutory quandle of any non-trivial alternating link is not left-orderable, thus improving Theorem 8.1. proven by Raundal et al. (Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (2021 64), page 646). We also use the criterion to show that the involutory quandles of augmented alternating links are not left-orderable. We introduce a new family of links containing all non-alternating and quasi-alternating 3-braid closures and show that their involutory quandles are not left-orderable. This leads us to conjecture that the involutory quandle of any quasi-alternating link is not left-orderable.

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@article{arxiv.2310.05735,
  title  = {On left-orderability of involutory quandles of links},
  author = {Hamid Abchir and Mohammed Sabak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.05735},
  year   = {2023}
}

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24 pages