The affine index polynomial and the Sawollek polynomial
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Publication:2055076
DOI10.4171/IRMA/33-1/6zbMATH Open1498.57011arXiv2012.01738MaRDI QIDQ2055076FDOQ2055076
Authors: Louis Kauffman 
Publication date: 3 December 2021
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to give a new basis for examining the relationships of the Affine Index Polynomial and the Sawollek Polynomial. Blake Mellor has written a pioneering paper showing how the Affine Index Polynomial may be extracted from the Sawollek Polynomial. The Affine Index Polynomial is an elementary combinatorial invariant of virtual knots. The Sawollek polynomial is a relative of the classical Alexander polynomial and is defined in terms of a generalization of the Alexander module to virtual knots that derives from the so-called Alexander Biquandle. The present paper constructs the groundwork for a new approach to this relationship, and gives a concise proof of the basic Theorem of Mellor extracting the Affine Index Polynomial from the Sawollek Polynomial.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.01738
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