Three geometric applications of quandle homology

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2009.02.004zbMATH Open1178.57014arXiv0809.0730OpenAlexW1985278768MaRDI QIDQ1019150FDOQ1019150

Authors: Maciej Niebrzydowski 

Publication date: 28 May 2009

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we describe three geometric applications of quandle homology. We show that it gives obstructions to tangle embeddings, provides the lower bound for the 4-move distance between links, and can be used in determining periodicity of links.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0730

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zbMATH Keywords

quandle homology\(n\)-move distanceperiodicity of linksrational movestangle embeddings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other homology theories in algebraic topology (55N35)

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