Search results for "Quantum invariant"
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A knot without tritangent planes
1991
We show, with computations aided by a computer, that the (3,2)-curve on some standard torus (which topologically is the trefoil knot) has no tritangent planes, thus answering in the negative a conjecture of M. H. Freedman.
INVOLUTIONS ON KNOT GROUPS AND VARIETIES OF REPRESENTATIONS IN A LIE GROUP
2002
We prove the existence of a rationalisation [Formula: see text] of a classical or high-dimensional knot group Π which admits an involution if the Alexander polynomials of the knot are reciprocal. Using the group [Formula: see text] and its involution, we study the local structure, in the neighbourhood of an abelian representation, of the space of representation of the knot group Π in a a Lie group. We apply these results to the groups of classical prime knots up to 10 crossings.
Varieties of representations of virtual knot groups in SL2(C)
2002
Abstract We study the local structure of the variety of representations of a virtual knot group in SL 2 ( C ) near an abelian representation ρ 0 . To such a representation is attached a complex number ω and there are three cases. If ω and ω −1 are not roots of the Alexander polynomial, there are only abelian representations around ρ 0 . If ω is a root and ω −1 is not, there are only reducible representations. If both ω and ω −1 are roots and certain homological conditions hold, there are irreducible representations.
A cubic defining algebra for the Links-Gould polynomial
2012
We define a finite-dimensional cubic quotient of the group algebra of the braid group, endowed with a (essentially unique) Markov trace which affords the Links-Grould invariant of knots and links. We investigate several of its properties, and state several conjectures about its structure.