arXiv · 1107.5777
Connected Quandles Associated with Pointed Abelian Groups
Abstract
A quandle is a self-distributive algebraic structure that appears in quasi-group and knot theories. For each abelian group A and c \in A we define a quandle G(A, c) on \Z_3 \times A. These quandles are generalizations of a class of non-medial Latin quandles defined by V. M. Galkin so we call them Galkin quandles. Each G(A, c) is connected but not Latin unless A has odd order. G(A, c) is non-medial unless 3A = 0. We classify their isomorphism classes in terms of pointed abelian groups, and study their various properties. A family of symmetric connected quandles is constructed from Galkin quandles, and some aspects of knot colorings by Galkin quandles are also discussed.
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W. Edwin Clark, Mohamed Elhamdadi, Xiang-dong Hou, Masahico Saito, Timothy Yeatman. 2011-07-28. Connected Quandles Associated with Pointed Abelian Groups. https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2013.264.31
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