The Alexander- and Jones-invariants and the Burau module
q-alg
2008-02-03 v2 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
From the braid-valued Burau module over the braid group we construct the Yang-Baxter matrices yielding the Alexander- and the Jones knot invariants. This generalises an observation of V. F. R. Jones.
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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9510016,
title = {The Alexander- and Jones-invariants and the Burau module},
author = {Florin Constantinescu and Mirko Luedde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9510016},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, Latex2e source requiring AMS packages, no figures