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Homfly polynomials as vassiliev link invariants

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Osaka City University%, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
  2. Department of Mathematics, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan

Abstract

We prove that the number of linearly independent Vassiliev invariants for an r-component link of order n, which derived from the HOMFLY polynomial, is greater than or equal to min{n,[(n+r-1)/2]}.

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link, Conway polynomial, Jones polynomial, HOMFLY polynomial, Vassiliev link invariant

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Banach Center Publications
1998/42/1
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Pages:
165-185
Main language of publication
English
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences