On the Kauffman-Harary conjecture for Alexander quandle colorings
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The Kauffman-Harary conjecture is a conjecture for Fox’s colorings of alternating knots with prime determinants. We consider a conjecture for Alexander quandle colorings by referring to the Kauffman-Harary conjecture. We prove that this new conjecture is true for twist knots.
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