
A study on quotient quandles of knots and links
Title:
A study on quotient quandles of knots and links
Author:
Altay, Tansılu, author.
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ix, 68 leaves: charts;+ 1 computer laser optical disc.
Abstract:
In this thesis, we study quandles, algebraic structures within knot theory. Following an overview of knots and links, we study knot invariants by focusing on n-coloring of knots and the knot group. Then, we examine the fundamental quandle of a knot, known also as the knot quandle. The knot quandle is stronger and almost complete invariant compared to the knot group. The fundamental quandle of a link is infinite except for the unlink and the Hopf link. However, the n-quandle quotient of the knot quandle is finite for some positive integers n. While studying quotients of the knot quandle, we expound the method of constructing the n-quandle quotient of the fundamental quandle of a knot, including computations of n-quandle quotients of the knot quandle of the trefoil knot for n= 2,3,4,5.
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Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology:Mathematics.
İzmir Institute of Technology: Mathematics--Thesis (Master).
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