An enumeration process for racks

Autor: Hoste, Jim, Shanahan, Patrick D.
Rok vydání: 2017
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Given a presentation for a rack $\mathcal R$, we define a process which systematically enumerates the elements of $\mathcal R$. The process is modeled on the systematic enumeration of cosets first given by Todd and Coxeter. This generalizes and improves the diagramming method for $n$-quandles introduced by Winker. We provide pseudocode that is similar to that given by Holt for the Todd-Coxeter process. We prove that the process terminates if and only if $\mathcal R$ is finite, in which case, the procedure outputs an operation table for the finite rack. We conclude with an application to knot theory.
Comment: 23 pages, 3 figures, pseudocode included, article revised according to referees suggestions, section 5 on modifications expanded and new section 7 on python implementation and performance added. Ancillary file contains python code
Databáze: arXiv