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 -pointed quandles, which generalize quandles by specifying elements as ordered basepoints. This leads to the notion of fundamental pointed quandles of linkoids, which enhances the fundamental quandle. Using -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 -homogeneity of quandles. We classify all -homogeneous, finite quandles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2404.14083,
title = {Pointed quandles of linkoids},
author = {Neslihan Gügümcü and Runa Pflume},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.14083},
year = {2024}
}