Twisted quandle homology theory and cocycle knot invariants
Abstract
The quandle homology theory is generalized to the case when the coefficient groups admit the structure of Alexander quandles, by including an action of the infinite cyclic group in the boundary operator. Theories of Alexander extensions of quandles in relation to low dimensional cocycles are developed in parallel to group extension theories for group cocycles. Explicit formulas for cocycles corresponding to extensions are given, and used to prove non-triviality of cohomology groups for some quandles. The corresponding generalization of the quandle cocycle knot invariants is given, by using the Alexander numbering of regions in the definition of state-sums. The invariants are used to derive information on twisted cohomology groups.
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@article{arxiv.math/0108051,
title = {Twisted quandle homology theory and cocycle knot invariants},
author = {J. Scott Carter and Mohamed Elhamdadi and Masahico Saito},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0108051},
year = {2014}
}
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Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol2/agt-2-6.abs.html