The Kauffman polynomial and trivalent graphs
Geometric Topology
2016-01-01 v3
Abstract
We construct a state model for the two-variable Kauffman polynomial using planar trivalent graphs. We also use this model to obtain a polynomial invariant for a certain type of trivalent graphs embedded in three-dimensional space.
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@article{arxiv.1107.1210,
title = {The Kauffman polynomial and trivalent graphs},
author = {Carmen Caprau and James Tipton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1210},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
24 pages, many figures; typos corrected, Theorem 3 modified