Functors Extending the Kauffman Bracket
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this article we extend evaluations of the Kauffman bracket on regular isotopy classes of knots and links to a variety of functors defined on the category of framed tangles. We show that many such functors exist, and that they correspond up to equivalence to bilinear forms on free, finitely-generated modules over commutative rings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0609607,
title = {Functors Extending the Kauffman Bracket},
author = {John Armstrong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609607},
year = {2007}
}