POSITIVITY OF KNOT POLYNOMIALS ON POSITIVE LINKS

CROMWELL, PR and MORTON, HR ORCID: 0000-0002-8524-2695 (1992) POSITIVITY OF KNOT POLYNOMIALS ON POSITIVE LINKS. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, 01 (02). pp. 203-206.

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Abstract

<jats:p> We answer a question of Jones concerning the positivity of the two-variable (Homfly) knot polynomial P<jats:sub>L</jats:sub> when L is a positive link. We show that, in this case, P<jats:sub>L</jats:sub> (v, z) is a positive polynomial in z when v ∈ (0, 1). </jats:p>

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Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2017 10:04
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:20
DOI:	10.1142/s0218216592000112
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3005315