Multivariate Alexander quandles. III. Sublinks

Abstract: If

L

is a classical link then the multivariate Alexander quandle,

Q_{A} (L)

, is a substructure of the multivariate Alexander module,

M_{A} (L)

. In the first paper of this series we showed that if two links

L

and

L^{'}

have

Q_{A} (L) c o n g Q_{A} (L^{'})

, then after an appropriate re-indexing of the components of

L

and

L^{'}

, there will be a module isomorphism

M_{A} (L) c o n g M_{A} (L^{'})

of a particular type, which we call a"Crowell equivalence." In the present paper we show that

Q_{A} (L)

(up to quandle isomorphism) is a strictly stronger link invariant than

M_{A} (L)

(up to re-indexing and Crowell equivalence). This result follows from the fact that

Q_{A} (L)

determines the

Q_{A}

quandles of all the sublinks of

L

, up to quandle isomorphisms.

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