2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73695We revisit finite racks and quandles using a perspective based on permutations which can aid in the understanding of the structure. As a consequence we recover old results and prove new ones. We also present and analyze several examples.submitted to Comm. Algebra in September 2004Geometric Topologytext