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Polynomial cocycles of Alexander quandles and applications

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Cocycles are constructed by polynomial expressions for Alexander quandles. As applications, non-triviality of some quandle homology groups are proved, and quandle cocycle invariants of knots are studied. In particular, for an infinite family of quandles, the non-triviality of quandle homology groups is proved for all odd dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.0704.3995,
  title  = {Polynomial cocycles of Alexander quandles and applications},
  author = {Kheira Ameur and Masahico Saito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.3995},
  year   = {2007}
}