Topological notions for Kauffman and Vogel's polynomial

DOI10.1142/S0218216503002317MaRDI QIDQ4414976zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rui Pedro Carpentier

Publication date 16 February 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0204207

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calculationknot invariantKauffman polynomial

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Abstract: In [2] Kauffman and Vogel constructed a rigid vertex regular isotopy invariant for unoriented four-valent graphs embedded in three dimensional space. It assigns to each embedded graph G a polynomial, denoted [G], in three variables, A, B and a, satisfying three skein relations, and is defined in terms of a state-sum and the Dubrovnik polynomial for links. In previous work by the author it is proved, in the case B=A^{-1} and a=A, that for a planar graph G we have [G]=2^{c-1}(-A-A^{-1})^v, where c is the number of connected components of G and v is the number of vertices of G. In this paper we will show how we can calculate the polynomial for embedded graphs, with the variables B=A^{-1} and a=A, without resorting to the skein relation.

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