2 papers
math.QA2025
Embedded surface invariants via the Broda-Petit construction
Ik Jae Lee, David N Yetter
We recall Petit's construction of "dichromatic" invariants of 4-manifolds computed from Kirby diagrams using a nested pair of ribbon fusion categories as initial da…
math.GT2024
On Profinite Quandles
Alexander W. Byard, Brian Cai, Nathan P. Jones +2
We undertake the study of profinite quandles. We provide several constructions of profinite quandles from profinite groups, and from other profinite quandle. We characterize which…