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NATASHA HARRELL

Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA

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SAM NELSON

Department of Mathematics, Pomona College, 610 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216507005804Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We study the quandle counting invariant for a certain family of finite quandles with trivial orbit subquandles. We show how these invariants determine the linking number of classical two-component links up to sign.

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AMSC: 57M27, 55M25

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Vol. 16, No. 10

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Accepted 25 September 2006

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