Permutations, power operations, and the center of the category of racks

DOI10.1080/00927872.2017.1316857zbMATH Open1396.57024arXiv1609.08687OpenAlexW2964249090MaRDI QIDQ4640136FDOQ4640136

Authors: Markus Szymik 

Publication date: 16 May 2018

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Racks and quandles are rich algebraic structures that are strong enough to classify knots. Here we develop several fundamental categorical aspects of the theories of racks and quandles and their relation to the theory of permutations. In particular, we compute the centers of the categories and describe power operations on them, thereby revealing free extra structure that is not apparent from the definitions. This also leads to precise characterizations of these theories in the form of universal properties.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.08687

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zbMATH Keywords

permutationscentersalgebraic theoriesquandlesrackspower operations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theories (e.g., algebraic theories), structure, and semantics (18C10) Sets with a single binary operation (groupoids) (20N02)

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