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Foundations of topological racks and quandles (1506.00084v1)
Published 30 May 2015 in math.GT, math.AT, math.QA, and math.RA
Abstract: We give a foundational account on topological racks and quandles. Specifically, we define the notions of ideals, kernels, units, and inner automorphism group in the context of topological racks. Further, we investigate topological rack modules and principal rack bundles. Central extensions of topological racks are then introduced providing a first step towards a general continuous cohomology theory for topological racks and quandles.