Constructing biquandles

Eva Horvat

Published 2018-10-06Version 1

We define biquandle structures on a given quandle, and show that any biquandle is given by some biquandle structure on its underlying quandle. We characterize all biquandles with a given underlying quandle. Using this characterization, we obtain a relationship between the automorphism group of a biquandle and the automorphism group of its underlying quandle. As an application, we determine the automorphism groups of Alexander and dihedral biquandles. We also define a biquandle structure on a direct product of two quandles and describe the automorphism group of the biquandle thus obtained.