Graph polynomials and link invariants as positive type functions on Thompson's group F

DOI10.1142/S0218216519500068zbMATH Open1412.43007arXiv1510.04428WikidataQ128894678 ScholiaQ128894678MaRDI QIDQ4629313FDOQ4629313

Authors: Valeriano Aiello, Roberto Conti 

Publication date: 21 March 2019

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

Abstract: In a recent paper Jones introduced a correspondence between elements of the Thompson group $F$ and certain graphs/links. It follows from his work that several polynomial invariants of links, such as the Kauffman bracket, can be reinterpreted as coefficients of certain unitary representations of $F$. We give a somewhat different and elementary proof of this fact for the Kauffman bracket evaluated at certain roots of unity by means of a statistical mechanics model interpretation. Moreover, by similar methods we show that, for some particular specializations of the variables, other familiar link invariants and graph polynomials, namely the number of $N$-colourings and the Tutte polynomial, can be viewed as positive definite functions on $F$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.04428

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zbMATH Keywords

treeschromatic polynomialknotsTutte polynomiallinksThompson groupKauffman bracketfunction of positive typeFox coloringslink coloringsRank polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph polynomials (05C31) Positive definite functions on groups, semigroups, etc. (43A35)

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