Quandles at Finite Temperatures I

dc.creatorLopes, Pedro
dc.date2001-05-11
dc.date2001-05-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:41:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:41:40Z
dc.descriptionIn CJKLS quandle cohomology is used to produce invariants for particular embeddings of codimension two; 2-cocycles give to invariants for (classical) knots and 3-cocycles give rise to invariants for knotted surfaces. This is done by way of a notion of coloring of a diagram. Also, these invariants have the form of state-sums (or partition functions) used in Statistical Mechanics. By a careful analysis of these colorings of diagrams we are able to come up with new invariants which correspond to calculation of the partition function at finite temperatures.
dc.description24 pages, 4 figures, Latex
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105099
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105099
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/61454
dc.subjectQuantum Algebra
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.titleQuandles at Finite Temperatures I
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