QUATERNION ALGEBRAS AND INVARIANTS OF VIRTUAL KNOTS AND LINKS I: THE ELLIPTIC CASE

DOI10.1142/S0218216508006087MaRDI QIDQ3519657zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Roger Fenn

Publication date 19 August 2008

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0506393

zbMATH Keywords

knot invariantsquaternionsvirtual knotsbiquandles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: In this paper we show how generalized quaternions, including 2X2 matrices, can be used to find solutions of a non-commuting equation intimately connected with braid groups. These solutions can then be used to find polynomial invariants of virtual knots and links.

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