Multivariate Alexander quandles. II: The involutory medial quandle of a link (corrected)

DOI10.1142/S0218216520500935zbMATH Open1460.57008arXiv1902.10603OpenAlexW3115121692MaRDI QIDQ4965609FDOQ4965609

Authors: L. Traldi 

Publication date: 6 March 2021

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

Abstract: Joyce showed that for a classical knot $K$, the involutory medial quandle $extIMQ(K)$ is isomorphic to the core quandle of the homology group $H_1(X_2)$, where $X_2$ is the cyclic double cover of $mathbb{S}^3$, branched over $K$. It follows that $|extIMQ(K)|=|detK|$. In the present paper, the extension of Joyce's result to classical links is discussed. Among other things, we show that for a classical link $L$ of $mugeq2$ components, the order of the involutory medial quandle is bounded as follows: [ frac{mu | det L |}{2} geq | ext{IMQ}(L)| geq frac{ mu | det L |} {2^{mu -1}}. ] In particular, $extIMQ(L)$ is infinite if and only if $detL=0$. We also show that in general, $extIMQ(L)$ is a strictly stronger invariant than $H_1(X_2)$. That is, if $L$ and $L^{\prime }$ are links with $extIMQ(L)congextIMQ(L^{\prime })$, then $H_1(X_2)cong{H}_1(X{\text{'}}_2)$; but it is possible to have $H_1(X_2)cong{H}_1(X{\text{'}}_2)$ and $extIMQ(L)otcongextIMQ(L^{\prime })$. In fact, it is possible to have $X_{2}congX{\text{'}}_2$ and $extIMQ(L)otcongextIMQ(L^{\prime })$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.10603

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zbMATH Keywords

determinantAlexander modulebranched double coverlink coloringinvolutory medial quandle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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