The degenerate distributive complex is degenerate

Autor: Józef H. Przytycki, Krzysztof K. Putyra
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European Journal of Mathematics. 2:993-1012
ISSN: 2199-6768
2199-675X
DOI: 10.1007/s40879-016-0116-2
Popis: We prove that the degenerate part of the distributive homology of a multispindle is determined by the normalized homology. In particular, when the multispindle is a quandle Q, the degenerate homology of Q is completely determined by the quandle homology of Q. For this case (and generally for two-term homology of a spindle) we provide an explicit Kunneth-type formula for the degenerate part. This solves the mystery in algebraic knot theory of the meaning of the degenerate quandle homology, brought over 15 years ago when the homology theories were defined, and the degenerate part was observed to be nontrivial.
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