Classifying Leibniz racks

Lie quandles were defined by T. Fritz as a nonlinear generalization of Lie algebras, to serve as a nonlinear algebras of observables in generalized form of Hamiltonian mechanics. These objects were subsequently generalized in a prequel article to objects referred to as smooth Lie group families of smooth racks by the authors. In this article, we investigate a particular system of nonlinear functional differential equations whose solution in general provides a pathway to the classification of smooth Lie group families of smooth rack structures on any given smooth manifold. We then discuss a particularly practical ansatz for solving these equations, and use it to construct new families of examples, as well as prove a result on the sense in which the Bloch sphere is the unique Lie quandle structure on the sphere.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-10-26
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.35534
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Advanced Topics in Algebra
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Classifying Leibniz racks

Mohamed Elhamdadi, Bryce Virgin
arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Topics in Algebra
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Classifying Leibniz racks

Mohamed Elhamdadi, Bryce Virgin
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Abstract

Lie quandles were defined by T. Fritz as a nonlinear generalization of Lie algebras, to serve as a nonlinear algebras of observables in generalized form of Hamiltonian mechanics. These objects were subsequently generalized in a prequel article to objects referred to as smooth Lie group families of smooth racks by the authors. In this article, we investigate a particular system of nonlinear functional differential equations whose solution in general provides a pathway to the classification of smooth Lie group families of smooth rack structures on any given smooth manifold. We then discuss a particularly practical ansatz for solving these equations, and use it to construct new families of examples, as well as prove a result on the sense in which the Bloch sphere is the unique Lie quandle structure on the sphere.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Topics in Algebra
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