The universal quandle-coloring separation conjecture

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Let S=(Q1,Q2,…)\mathcal S=(Q_1,Q_2,\ldots) be a sequence of finite quandles, and define the coloring invariant

C(K)=(Col⁡Q1(K),Col⁡Q2(K),…).C(K)=\bigl(\operatorname{Col}_{Q_1}(K),\operatorname{Col}_{Q_2}(K),\ldots\bigr).

Universal quandle-coloring separation conjecture. There exists such a sequence satisfying, for all knots K,K′K,K' ,

C(K′)=C(K)if and only ifK′=K or K′=mr(K).C(K')=C(K)\quad\text{if and only if}\quad K'=K\text{ or }K'=mr(K).

This is a stronger global form of the finite-knot separation problem and is presented as an open conjecture; the paper gives finite computational evidence but does not establish the assertion for all knots.

References

Primary source

W. Edwin Clark, Mohamed Elhamdadi, Masahico Saito and Timothy Yeatman, “Quandle Colorings of Knots and Applications”, arXiv:1312.3307 (2014).

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