Knots and algebras

Morton, Hugh ORCID: 0000-0002-8524-2695 and Traczyk, P (1990) Knots and algebras In: Contribuciones matematicas en homenaje al profesor D. Antonio Plans Sanz de Bremond. University of Zaragoza,Zaragoza, pp. 201-219.

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This paper gives a skein-theoretic construction of the Hecke algebras based on oriented tangles and the Homfly relations. A similar approach with unoriented tangles and Kauffman's Dubrovnik relations then gives a construction of the Birman-Wenzl algebras

Item Type:	Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hecke algebra, Homfly polynomial, tangle, Kauffman polynomial, Birman-Wenzl algebra, skein theory
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2016 10:52
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 01:17
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2048795
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