Polynomial invariants for unoriented links and framed links

Let TnT_n be a trivial link of nn components, and let L0,L1,L2,L3L_0,L_1,L_2,L_3 be a standard unoriented skein quadruple, with Li+1L_{i+1} obtained from LiL_i by a right-handed half-twist on the two involved arcs. Polynomial-invariant conjecture. There is a polynomial invariant of unoriented links in S3S^3, P1(L)Z[x,t]P_1(L)\in Z[x,t], satisfying

P1(Tn)=tn,P_1(T_n)=t^n,

and

P1(L0)+xP1(L1)xP1(L2)P1(L3)=0.P_1(L_0)+xP_1(L_1)-xP_1(L_2)-P_1(L_3)=0.

There is also a polynomial invariant of unoriented framed links, P2(L)Z[A±1,t]P_2(L)\in Z[A^{\pm1},t], satisfying

P2(Tn)=tn,P_2(T_n)=t^n, P2(L(1))=A3P2(L),P_2(L^{(1)})=-A^3P_2(L),

and

P2(L0)+A(A2+A2)P2(L1)+(A2+A2)P2(L2)+AP2(L3)=0,P_2(L_0)+A(A^2+A^{-2})P_2(L_1)+(A^2+A^{-2})P_2(L_2)+AP_2(L_3)=0,

where L(1)L^{(1)} is obtained from LL by a positive half-twist on its framing. These invariants are proposed in connection with possible linear independence of trivial links when b=0b_{\infty}=0 and b0b1=b2b3b_0b_1=b_2b_3; their existence remains open in the source.

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Primary source

Jozef H. Przytycki, “Skein modules”, arXiv:math/0602264 (2006).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2000–2006). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0109029, arXiv:math/0010282.

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