Approximating Jones coefficients and other link invariants by Vassiliev invariants
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We find approximations by Vassiliev invariants for the coefficients of the Jones polynomial and all specializations of the HOMFLY and Kauffman polynomials. Consequently, we obtain approximations of some other link invariants arising from the homology of branched covers of links.
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@article{arxiv.math/0007093,
title = {Approximating Jones coefficients and other link invariants by Vassiliev invariants},
author = {Ilya Kofman and Yongwu Rong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0007093},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages, to appear in J. Knot Theory Ramifications