Triple point cancelling numbers of surface links and quandle cocycle invariants

A classifying invariant of knots, the knot quandle

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Topology +6

RACKS AND LINKS IN CODIMENSION TWO

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Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +13

DISTRIBUTIVE GROUPOIDS IN KNOT THEORY

Sergey V. Matveev · Mathematics of the USSR-Sbornik · 1984 · 477 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +11

Quandle cohomology and state-sum invariants of knotted curves and surfaces

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometric Modeling +13

From racks to pointed Hopf algebras

Nicolás Andruskiewitsch, Matı́as Graña · Advances in Mathematics · 2003 · 364 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +8