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Original Article

Tangle Embeddings and Quandle Cocycle Invariants

Kheira Ameur Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PHY 114, Tampa, FL 33620
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Mohamed Elhamdadi Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PHY 114, Tampa, FL 33620
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Tom Rose Sarasota High School, 1000 South School Ave, Sarasota, FL 34237
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Masahico Saito Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PHY 114, Tampa, FL 3362
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Chad Smudde Department of Mathematics, Pensacola Junior College, 1000 College Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32504
Pages 487-497 | Published online: 30 Jan 2011

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