Polynomial values, the linking form and unknotting numbers

DOI10.4310/MRL.2004.V11.N6.A4zbMATH Open1068.57009arXivmath/0405076MaRDI QIDQ1769986FDOQ1769986

Authors: Alexander Stoimenow 

Publication date: 5 April 2005

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

Abstract: We show how the signed evaluations of link polynomials can be used to calculate unknotting numbers. We use the Jones-Rong value of the Brandt-Lickorish-Millett-Ho polynomial Q to calculate the unknotting numbers of 8_{16}, 9_{49} and 6 further new entries in Kawauchi's tables. Another method is developed by applying and extending the linking form criterion of Lickorish. This leads to several conjectured relations between the Jones value of Q and the linking form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405076

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zbMATH Keywords

Jones polynomialsignatureunknotting numberlinking formGoeritz matrixdouble branched coverBrandt-Lickorish-Millett-Ho polynomial

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