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New skein invariants of links. / Kauffman, Louis H.; Lambropoulou, Sofia.
In: Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, Vol. 28, No. 13, 1940018, 06.01.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - New skein invariants of links
AU - Kauffman, Louis H.
AU - Lambropoulou, Sofia
PY - 2020/1/6
Y1 - 2020/1/6
N2 - We study new skein invariants of links based on a procedure where we first apply a given skein relation only to crossings of distinct components, so as to produce collections of unlinked knots. We then evaluate the resulting knots using the given invariant. A skein invariant can be computed on each link solely by the use of skein relations and a set of initial conditions. The new procedure, remarkably, leads to generalizations of the known skein invariants. We make skein invariants of classical links, H[R], K[Q] and D[T], based on the invariants of knots, R, Q and T, denoting the regular isotopy version of the Homflypt polynomial, the Kauffman polynomial and the Dubrovnik polynomial. We provide skein theoretic proofs of the well-definedness of these invariants. These invariants are also reformulated into summations of the generating invariants (R, Q, T) on sublinks of a given link L, obtained by partitioning L into collections of sublinks. These summations exhibit the tight and surprising relationship between our generalized skein-theoretic procedure and the structure of sublinks of a given link.
AB - We study new skein invariants of links based on a procedure where we first apply a given skein relation only to crossings of distinct components, so as to produce collections of unlinked knots. We then evaluate the resulting knots using the given invariant. A skein invariant can be computed on each link solely by the use of skein relations and a set of initial conditions. The new procedure, remarkably, leads to generalizations of the known skein invariants. We make skein invariants of classical links, H[R], K[Q] and D[T], based on the invariants of knots, R, Q and T, denoting the regular isotopy version of the Homflypt polynomial, the Kauffman polynomial and the Dubrovnik polynomial. We provide skein theoretic proofs of the well-definedness of these invariants. These invariants are also reformulated into summations of the generating invariants (R, Q, T) on sublinks of a given link L, obtained by partitioning L into collections of sublinks. These summations exhibit the tight and surprising relationship between our generalized skein-theoretic procedure and the structure of sublinks of a given link.
KW - 3-variable link invariant
KW - Classical links
KW - closed combinatorial formulae
KW - Dubrovnik polynomial
KW - Homflypt polynomial
KW - Kauffman polynomial
KW - mixed crossings
KW - Reidemeister moves
KW - skein invariants
KW - skein relations
KW - stacks of knots
KW - Yokonuma-Hecke algebras
KW - POLYNOMIAL INVARIANT
KW - BRAIDS
KW - HECKE ALGEBRAS
KW - FRAMIZATION
KW - ISOMORPHISM THEOREM
KW - KNOTS
KW - MODULE
KW - REPRESENTATION-THEORY
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077895836&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0218216519400182
DO - 10.1142/S0218216519400182
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077895836
VL - 28
JO - Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
JF - Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
SN - 0218-2165
IS - 13
M1 - 1940018
ER -
ID: 23169199