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Extended quandle spaces and shadow homotopy invariants of classical links

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Abstract

In 1993, Fenn, Rourke and Sanderson introduced rack spaces and rack homotopy invariants, and modifications to quandle spaces and quandle homotopy invariants were introduced by Nosaka in 2011. In this paper, we define the Cayley-type graph and the extended quandle space of a quandle in analogy to rack and quandle spaces. Moreover, we construct the shadow homotopy invariant of a classical link and prove that the shadow homotopy invariant is equal to the quandle homotopy invariant multiplied by the order of a quandle.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1741010
JournalJournal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Pre-cubic set
  • geometric realization
  • quandle homology
  • quandle homotopy invariant
  • shadow homotopy invariant

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