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LINK POLYNOMIALS OF HIGHER ORDER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 1997
Abstract
In this paper, we study certain polynomial invariants of links (singular or non-singular) that are related to the Homfly polynomial and Vassiliev's invariants. The Homfly polynomial HL [3] (also known as the Flypmoth polynomial) satisfies the well-known skein relation xHL+ +yHL− +zHL0=0. The Vassiliev invariants [1, 2] (of order 1) satisfy the relations VL× =VL+ −VL− and VL××=0. The invariants that we study satisfy the skein relations
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- The London Mathematical Society 1997
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