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A relationship between link polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. B. R. Lickorish
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge

Extract

The discovery by V. F. R. Jones of a Laurent polynomial invariant VL(t)∈ℤ[t±½] for every oriented link L in the 3-sphere prompted the finding of a more general 2-variable Laurent polynomial invariant PL(l, m)∈ℤ[l±1,m±1], (see [4], [3] and [6]).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1986

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