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Quandle homology and complex volume

Geometric Topology 2015-03-17 v3

Abstract

We introduce a new homology theory of quandles, called simplicial quandle homology, which is quite different from quandle homology developed by Carter et al. We construct a homomorphism from a quandle homology group to a simplicial quandle homology group. As an application, we obtain a method for computing the complex volume of a hyperbolic link only from its diagram.

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@article{arxiv.1012.2923,
  title  = {Quandle homology and complex volume},
  author = {Ayumu Inoue and Yuichi Kabaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2923},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

27 pages, 11 figures; added Lemma 7.2

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