Extensions of Quandles and Cocycle Knot Invariants

DOI10.1142/S0218216503002718MaRDI QIDQ4474516zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Scott Carter, Mohamed Elhamdadi, Marina Appiou Nikiforou, Masahico Saito

Publication date 12 July 2004

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0107021

zbMATH Keywords

extensionscoloringsquandles2-cocyclescocycle knot invariants

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Abstract: Quandle cocycles are constructed from extensions of quandles. The theory is parallel to that of group cohomology and group extensions. An interpretation of quandle cocycle invariants as obstructions to extending knot colorings is given, and is extended to links component-wise.

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