An estimate of the triple point numbers of surface-knots by quandle cocycle invariants (Q1877605)

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An estimate of the triple point numbers of surface-knots by quandle cocycle invariants
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    An estimate of the triple point numbers of surface-knots by quandle cocycle invariants (English)
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    19 August 2004
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    A surface knot is a closed 2 manifold embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^4\), considered up to ambient isotopy; surface knots are represented by surface knot diagrams, i.e. immersed surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) with singular set enhanced to show crossing information. This singular set consists of a union of simple closed curves and arcs which may intersect in a number of triple points. The triple point number of a surface knot \(K\) is the minimal number of triple points over all diagrams of \(K\); it is analagous to the crossing number for ordinary knots. In this paper, the author establishes a lower bound on the triple point number of oriented surface knots which have nontrival values of quandle 3-cocyle invariants over the dihedral quandle \(R_5\).
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    surface knots
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    quandle cocyle invariants
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    triple point number
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