Quandle coloring quivers of pretzel links
Abstract
In this paper, we conduct a systematic study of quandle colorings and quandle coloring quivers for pretzel links using the dihedral quandle ℤn. First, we systematically investigate all possible colorings of 3-pretzel links, determining the number of distinct colorings in each case as well as the structure of their quandle coloring quivers. In order to obtain more general conclusions, we impose restrictions on n based on the properties of the coefficient matrix of the system of congruence equations. So we examine the number of quandle colorings and the quandle coloring quivers for 4-pretzel links in the case where n is prime. Finally, Combining the results of 4-pretzel links we rigorously derive both the coloring numbers and quandle coloring quivers for general m-pretzel links in the case where n is prime, with full proofs provided.
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BibTeX
@misc{meng2026quandle,
title = {{Quandle coloring quivers of pretzel links}},
author = {Qinghui Meng and Ximin Liu and Boxin Zhou},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.29127},
eprint = {2609.29127},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29127},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Quandle coloring quivers of pretzel links
AU - Qinghui Meng
AU - Ximin Liu
AU - Boxin Zhou
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/24
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.29127
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29127
AB - In this paper, we conduct a systematic study of quandle colorings and quandle coloring quivers for pretzel links using the dihedral quandle ℤ_n. First, we systematically investigate all possible colorings of 3-pretzel links, determining the number of distinct colorings in each case as well as the structure of their quandle coloring quivers. In order to obtain more general conclusions, we impose restrictions on n based on the properties of the coefficient matrix of the system of congruence equations. So we examine the number of quandle colorings and the quandle coloring quivers for 4-pretzel links in the case where n is prime. Finally, Combining the results of 4-pretzel links we rigorously derive both the coloring numbers and quandle coloring quivers for general m-pretzel links in the case where n is prime, with full proofs provided.
ER -