Colourings and the Alexander Polynomial

DOI10.5666/KMJ.2016.56.3.1017zbMATH Open1373.57027arXiv1303.5019OpenAlexW2963472885MaRDI QIDQ5360799FDOQ5360799

Authors: Luís Camacho, Francisco Dionisio, Roger Picken 

Publication date: 26 September 2017

Published in: Kyungpook mathematical journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we look for closed expressions to calculate the number of colourings of prime knots for given linear Alexander quandles. For this purpose the colouring matrices are simplified to a triangular form, when possible. The operations used to perform this triangularization preserve the property that the entries in each row add up to zero, thereby simplifying the solution of the equations giving the number of colourings. When the colouring matrices (of prime knots up to ten crossings) can be triangularized, closed expressions giving the number of colourings can be obtained in a straightforward way. We use these results to show that there are colouring matrices that cannot be triangularized. In the case of knots with triangularizable colouring matrices we present a way to find linear Alexander quandles that distinguish by colourings knots with different Alexander polynomials. The colourings of knots with the same Alexander polynomial are also studied as regards when they can and cannot be distinguished by colourings.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5019

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zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialquandlesknot invariant

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