Estimates for the Bennequin number of Legendrian links from state models for knot polynomials

DOI10.4310/MRL.1997.v4.n1.a13zbMath0877.57001MaRDI QIDQ1357650

Sergei Tabachnikov

Publication date: 17 November 1997

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

knot; contact structure; Bennequin inequality; Legendrian knot; knot polynomial; Yang-Baxter; Legendrian link; state model; Bennequin number

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