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A LINK INVARIANT DOMINATING THE HOMFLY AND THE KAUFFMAN POLYNOMIALS

YASUYUKI MIYAZAWA

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216510008492Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

By using a graph diagram named a magnetic graph diagram, we construct a polynomial invariant for knots and links. We show that it is a generalization of both the HOMFLY and the Kauffman polynomials.

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AMSC: 57M25

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