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Set Theoretic Yang-Baxter Solutions via Fox Calculus

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We construct solutions to the set-theoretic Yang-Baxter equation using braid group representations in free group automorphisms and their Fox differentials. The method resembles the extensions of groups and quandles.

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@article{arxiv.math/0503166,
  title  = {Set Theoretic Yang-Baxter Solutions via Fox Calculus},
  author = {J. Scott Carter and Masahico Saito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503166},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Dedicated to Professor Louis H. Kauffman for his 60th birthday