Conway's potential function via the Gassner representation

DOI10.4310/AJM.2020.V24.N1.A4MaRDI QIDQ2194554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anthony Conway, Solenn Estier

Publication date 26 August 2020

Published in The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03479

zbMATH Keywords

Burau representationknotlinkpotential functionbraidAlexander-Conway polynomialGassner representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Knot polynomials (57K14) Knot theory (57K10)

Abstract: We show how Conway's multivariable potential function can be constructed using braids and the reduced Gassner representation. The resulting formula is a multivariable generalization of a construction, due to Kassel-Turaev, of the Alexander-Conway polynomial in terms of the Burau representation. Apart from providing an efficient method of computing the potential function, our result also removes the sign ambiguity in the current formulas which relate the multivariable Alexander polynomial to the reduced Gassner representation. We also relate the distinct definitions of this representation which have appeared in the literature.

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