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On symplectic quandles

Quantum Algebra 2007-09-20 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study the structure of symplectic quandles, quandles which are also R-modules equipped with an antisymmetric bilinear form. We show that every finite dimensional symplectic quandle over a finite field F or arbitrary field F of characteristic other than 2 is a disjoint union of a trivial quandle and a connected quandle. We use the module structure of a symplectic quandle over a finite ring to refine and strengthen the quandle counting invariant.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703727,
  title  = {On symplectic quandles},
  author = {Esteban Adam Navas and Sam Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703727},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages. v2: typo corrections suggested by referee. To appear in Osaka J. Math