Kauffman's polynomial and alternating links (Q1117502)

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Kauffman's polynomial and alternating links
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    Kauffman's polynomial and alternating links (English)
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    1988
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    In an earlier paper the author showed how the Jones polynomial of a link could be obtained using the Tutte polynomial of a graph G associated with a plane projection of the link. In this paper the author establishes a connection between certain terms of the Kauffman polynomial \(F_ L(a,z)\) of a non-split alternating link L and certain terms of the Tutte polynomial. An important consequence is Theorem 1: The writhe of a reduced alternating diagram of an alternating link L is an isotopy invariant of L. It follows, amongst other things, that the writhe of an amphicheiral alternating knot is zero.
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    Kauffman polynomial
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    non-split alternating link
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    Tutte polynomial
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    writhe of an amphicheiral alternating knot
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