The Burau matrix and Fiedler's invariant for a closed braid

1998/01/08 by H. R. Morton
Mathematics · #math.GT #msc:57M25

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published as Topology and its Applications 95 (1999), 251-256. · 7 pages LaTeX2e. To appear in Topology and its Applications

arxiv created 1998/01/08 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

It is shown how Fiedler's `small state-sum' invariant for a braid can be calculated from the 2-variable Alexander polynomial of the link which consists of the closed braid together with the braid axis.

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