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Link colorings and the Goeritz matrix

Lorenzo Traldi

Lorenzo Traldi

Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042, USA

E-mail Address: tradil@lafayette.edu

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216517500456Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We discuss the connection between colorings of a link diagram and the Goeritz matrix.

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AMSC: 57M25, 05C10, 05C22, 05C50

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