A Jones polynomial for braid-like isotopies of oriented links and its categorification
Geometric Topology
2017-10-31 v6 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
A braid-like isotopy for links in 3-space is an isotopy which uses only those Reidemeister moves which occur in isotopies of braids. We define a refined Jones polynomial and its corresponding Khovanov homology which are, in general, only invariant under braid-like isotopies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0503080,
title = {A Jones polynomial for braid-like isotopies of oriented links and its categorification},
author = {Benjamin Audoux and Thomas Fiedler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503080},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
19 pages, many figures