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An Exact Expression for a Flat Connection on the Complement of a Torus Knot

Mathematical Physics 2015-01-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

Simple physics ideas are used to derive an exact expression for a flat connection on the complement of a torus knot. The result is of some mathematical importance in the context of constructing representations of the knot group -- a topological invariant of the knot. It is also a step forward in the direction of obtaining a generalisation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, in which charged particles moving through force-free regions are scattered by impenetrable, knotted solenoids.

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@article{arxiv.1302.0354,
  title  = {An Exact Expression for a Flat Connection on the Complement of a Torus Knot},
  author = {V. V. Sreedhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0354},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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