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Enhanced Kauffman bracket

Geometric Topology 2017-02-14 v1

Abstract

S. Nelson, M. Orrison, V. Rivera {\cite{S}} modified Kauffman's construction of bracket. Their invariant ΦXβ\Phi^{\beta}_X takes value in a finite ring Z2[t]/(1+t+t3)Z_2[t]/(1+t+t^3). In this paper, the author generalizes this invariant. The new invariant takes value in a polynomial ring. Furthermore, for a tricolorable link diagram, the author gives a bracket invariant which gives lower bound on number of crossings with different (same) colors.

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@article{arxiv.1702.03391,
  title  = {Enhanced Kauffman bracket},
  author = {Zhiqing Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.03391},
  year   = {2017}
}

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12 pages, 10 figures