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.
Authors
- Mohamed Elhamdadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0906-1507)
- Bryce Virgin
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.35534
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Topics in Algebra
- Type
- preprint