Infinitely many two-variable generalisations of the Alexander-Conway polynomial (Q2571351)

Let \(d\) be the Alexander-Conway polynomial. The authors study situations where certain two variable link invariants permit \(d\) as a one-variable reduction. The authors recall the link invariant \(LG^{m,1}(t,q)\) introduced by \textit{M. D. Gould, J. R. Links} and \textit{Y.-Z. Zhang} [J. Math. Phys. 37, 987--1003 (1996; Zbl 0877.17008)], but construct it using the representation theory of \(U_q[gl(m|1)]\), in particular the minimal one-parameter family of representations of dimension \(2^m\). The main result is that \(LG^{m,1}_L(t,q)=d_L(t^2m)\), where \(q\) is a primitive \(2m\)-th root of unity, for an oriented link \(L\). The recovery of \(d\) from \(LG^{m,1}\) had been obtained earlier by the second author when \(m=2\) [to appear, Pac. J. Math.], using \(U_q(sl(2|1))\). The current paper thus extends this result to \(m>2\). The proof involves determining the kernel of a quantum trace.