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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}
}

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5 pages, Latex2e source requiring AMS packages, no figures