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The first coefficient of Homflypt and Kauffman polynomials: Vertigan proof of polynomial complexity using dynamic programming

Geometric Topology 2017-07-26 v1

Abstract

We describe the polynomial time complexity algorithm for computing first coefficients of the skein (Homflypt) and Kauffman polynomial invariants of links, discovered by D.Vertigan in 1992 but never published.

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@article{arxiv.1707.07733,
  title  = {The first coefficient of Homflypt and Kauffman polynomials: Vertigan proof of polynomial complexity using dynamic programming},
  author = {Jozef H. Przytycki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.07733},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures