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The A-polynomial from the noncommutative viewpoint

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology Operator Algebras

Abstract

We develop an invariant of knots that depends on a complex parameter t, describing a left ideal in the noncommutative torus. When the parameter is set equal to -1 we recover the A-polynomial of the knot. We relate the invariant to the colored Jones polynomials of the knot.

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@article{arxiv.math/9812048,
  title  = {The A-polynomial from the noncommutative viewpoint},
  author = {Charles Frohman and Razvan Gelca and Walter Lofaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9812048},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, Latex, 3 diagrams, epsfig