Polynomial invariants for unoriented links and framed links
Polynomial invariants for unoriented links and framed links
Let be a trivial link of components, and let be a standard unoriented skein quadruple, with obtained from by a right-handed half-twist on the two involved arcs. Polynomial-invariant conjecture. There is a polynomial invariant of unoriented links in , , satisfying
and
There is also a polynomial invariant of unoriented framed links, , satisfying
and
where is obtained from by a positive half-twist on its framing. These invariants are proposed in connection with possible linear independence of trivial links when and ; 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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