A formula for the HOMFLY polynomial of rational links
Geometric Topology
2011-01-18 v3 Combinatorics
Abstract
We give an explicit formula for the HOMFLY polynomial of a rational link (in particular, a knot) in terms of a special continued fraction for the rational number that defines the given link.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1009.1800,
title = {A formula for the HOMFLY polynomial of rational links},
author = {Sergei Duzhin and Mikhail Shkolnikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1800},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
15 pages, 10 figures, the solution to a problem declared open in the previous version is given