A geometric construction of the Conway potential function

2004/06/09 by David Cimasoni
Mathematics · #math.GT #msc:57M25 #msc:57M27

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published as Comment. Math. Helv. 79 (2004), no. 1, 124--146 · 21 pages, 27 figures

arxiv created 2004/06/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We give a geometric construction of the multivariable Conway potential function for colored links. In the case of a single color, it is Kauffman's definition of the Conway polynomial in terms of a Seifert matrix.

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