R-matrix knot invariants and triangulations
Quantum Algebra
2010-02-15 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
The construction of quantum knot invariants from solutions of the Yang--Baxter equation (R-matrices) is reviewed with the emphasis on a class of R-matrices admitting an interpretation in intrinsically three-dimensional terms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1002.2576,
title = {R-matrix knot invariants and triangulations},
author = {R. M. Kashaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.2576},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
13 pages, submitted to proceedings of the conference "Interactions Between Hyperbolic Geometry, Quantum Topology and Number Theory", June 2009, New York