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Pointed quandles of linkoids

Geometric Topology 2024-04-29 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

In this paper we define the fundamental quandle of knotoids and linkoids and prove that it is invariant under the under forbidden-move and hence encodes only the information of the underclosure of the knotoid. We then introduce nn-pointed quandles, which generalize quandles by specifying nn elements as ordered basepoints. This leads to the notion of fundamental pointed quandles of linkoids, which enhances the fundamental quandle. Using 22-pointed quandle allows us to distinguish 1-linkoids with equivalent under-closures and leads to a couple of 1-linkoid invariants. We also generalize the notion of homogeneity of quandles to nn-homogeneity of quandles. We classify all \infty-homogeneous, finite quandles.

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@article{arxiv.2404.14083,
  title  = {Pointed quandles of linkoids},
  author = {Neslihan Gügümcü and Runa Pflume},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.14083},
  year   = {2024}
}