Coloring link diagrams by Alexander Quandles

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the colorability of link diagrams by the Alexander quandles. We show that if the reduced Alexander polynomial L(t) is vanishing, then L admits a non-trivial coloring by any non-trivial Alexander quandle Q, and that if L(t) = 1, then L admits only the trivial coloring by any Alexander quandle Q, also show that if L(t) ≠ 0, 1, then L admits a non-trivial coloring by the Alexander quandle Λ/( L(t)).

Original languageEnglish
Article number1250094
JournalJournal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
Volume21
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2012

Keywords

  • Alexander polynomial
  • Knot
  • coloring
  • link
  • quandle

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