(t,s)-racks and their link invariants
Abstract
A (t,s)-rack is a rack structure defined on a module over the ring $\ddot\Lambda=\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1},s]/(s^2-(1-t)s)$. We identify necessary and sufficient conditions for two $(t,s)$-racks to be isomorphic. We define enhancements of the rack counting invariant using the structure of (t,s)-racks and give some computations and examples. As an application, we use these enhanced invariants to obtain obstructions to knot ordering.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1011.5455
- Bibcode:
- 2010arXiv1011.5455C
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- Mathematics - Quantum Algebra;
- 57M27;
- 57M25
- E-Print:
- 15 pages. Version 3 incorporates referee suggestions and a few corrections