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A full-twisting formula for the HOMFLY polynomial

Geometric Topology 2021-09-22 v1

Abstract

We introduce a certain class of link diagrams, which includes all closed braid diagrams. We show a generalized version of K\'alm\'an's full-twist formula for the HOMFLY polynomial in the class.

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@article{arxiv.2009.05511,
  title  = {A full-twisting formula for the HOMFLY polynomial},
  author = {Keita Nakagane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05511},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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