Coloring Link Diagrams And Conway-type Polynomial Of Braids
Geometric Topology
2013-10-09 v3
Abstract
In this paper we define and present a simple combinatorial formula for a 3-variable Laurent polynomial invariant of conjugacy classes in Artin braid group . We show that this Laurent polynomial satisfies the Conway skein relation and its coefficients are Vassiliev invariants of braids.
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@article{arxiv.1302.6967,
title = {Coloring Link Diagrams And Conway-type Polynomial Of Braids},
author = {Michael Brandenbursky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6967},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
This is a revised version. To appear in Topology and its Applications