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A conjecture on Khovanov's invariants

Stavros Garoufalidis (2004)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We formulate a conjectural formula for Khovanov's invariants of alternating knots in terms of the Jones polynomial and the signature of the knot.

The writhes of a virtual knot

Shin Satoh, Kenta Taniguchi (2014)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Kauffman introduced a fundamental invariant of a virtual knot called the odd writhe. There are several generalizations of the odd writhe, such as the index polynomial and the odd writhe polynomial. In this paper, we define the n-writhe for each non-zero integer n, which unifies these invariants, and study various properties of the n-writhe.

Vassiliev invariants as polynomials

Simon Willerton (1998)

Banach Center Publications

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Three results are shown which demonstrate how Vassiliev invariants behave like polynomials.

A twisted dimer model for knots

Moshe Cohen, Oliver T. Dasbach, Heather M. Russell (2014)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We develop a dimer model for the Alexander polynomial of a knot. This recovers Kauffman's state sum model for the Alexander polynomial using the language of dimers. By providing some additional structure we are able to extend this model to give a state sum formula for the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot depending on a representation of the knot group.

Parity biquandle

Aaron Kaestner, Louis H. Kauffman (2014)

Banach Center Publications

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We use crossing parity to construct a generalization of biquandles for virtual knots which we call parity biquandles. These structures include all biquandles as a standard example referred to as the even parity biquandle. We find all parity biquandles arising from the Alexander biquandle and quaternionic biquandles. For a particular construction named the z-parity Alexander biquandle we show that the associated polynomial yields a lower bound on the number of odd crossings as well as...

Virtual biquandles

Louis H. Kauffman, Vassily O. Manturov (2005)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We describe new approaches for constructing virtual knot invariants. The main background of this paper comes from formulating and bringing together the ideas of biquandle [KR], [FJK], the virtual quandle [Ma2], the ideas of quaternion biquandles by Roger Fenn and Andrew Bartholomew [BF], the concepts and properties of long virtual knots [Ma10], and other ideas in the interface between classical and virtual knot theory. In the present paper we present a new algebraic construction of virtual...

Divisibility of twisted Alexander polynomials and fibered knots

Teruaki Kitano, Takayuki Morifuji (2005)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

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We prove that Wada’s twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot group associated to any nonabelian S L ( 2 , 𝔽 ) -representation is a polynomial. As a corollary, we show that it is always a monic polynomial of degree 4 g - 2 for a fibered knot of genus  g .

Positive knots, closed braids and the Jones polynomial

Alexander Stoimenow (2003)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

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Using the recent Gauß diagram formulas for Vassiliev invariants of Polyak-Viro-Fiedler and combining these formulas with the Bennequin inequality, we prove several inequalities for positive knots relating their Vassiliev invariants, genus and degrees of the Jones polynomial. As a consequence, we prove that for any of the polynomials of Alexander/Conway, Jones, HOMFLY, Brandt-Lickorish-Millett-Ho and Kauffman there are only finitely many positive knots with the same polynomial and no...