Litherland's radical conjecture for quadratic quandle invariants

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Let KK be a link. Let Ap(K)A_p(K) be its Alexander module, let Ap′(K)A'_p(K) be the submodule of elements annihilated by hh, and let Rep⁡′(K,Ep)\operatorname{Rep}'(K,\mathbb{E}_p) be the annihilator of Ap′(K)A'_p(K) inside Rep⁡(K,Ep)\operatorname{Rep}(K,\mathbb{E}_p). Let η\eta be the symmetric bilinear form on Rep⁡(K,Ep)\operatorname{Rep}(K,\mathbb{E}_p). Litherland's radical conjecture.

rad⁡η=Rep⁡′(K,Ep).\operatorname{rad}\eta=\operatorname{Rep}'(K,\mathbb{E}_p).

The claim is presented as a stronger statement following the rank conjecture, whose context describes the preceding equality as verified only in finite computational cases. No general proof or disproof is given.

References

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Richard A. Litherland, “Quadratic quandles and their link invariants”, arXiv:math/0207099 (2002).

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