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Mutation invariance for the zeroth coefficients of the colored HOMFLY polynomial

Geometric Topology 2019-02-11 v2

Abstract

We show that the zeroth coefficient of the cables of the HOMFLY polynomial (colored HOMFLY polynomials) does not distinguish mutants. This makes a sharp contrast with the total HOMFLY polynomial whose 3-cables can distinguish mutants.

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@article{arxiv.1710.09969,
  title  = {Mutation invariance for the zeroth coefficients of the colored HOMFLY polynomial},
  author = {Tetsuya Ito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.09969},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

13 pages, 8 figures: error in the proof of main theorem corrected