Markov trace on Funar algebra

arXiv1206.0765MaRDI QIDQ6233469FDOQ6233469

Publication date: 4 June 2012

Abstract: Funar algebra

is the quotient of the group algebra over a ring

k

of the braid group

B_{i} n f t y

by two cubic relations:

and another one which involves

s i g m a_{1}

and

s i g m a_{2}

. The universal Markov trace on

K_{i} n f t y

is the quotient map

t

of

to its quotient (as a

k [u, v]

-module) by trace relations

x y = y x

and by Markov relations

s i g m a_{n} x = u x

,

s i g m a_{n}^{- 1} x = v x

for

x i n K_{n}

. It is easy to check that the quotient is of the form

k [u, v] / I

for some ideal

I

(i. e. that the trace

t

is determined by

t (1)

). We give an algorithm to compute the ideal

I

and we present the result of computations in some special cases. In the last section we discuss some properties of the resulting link invariant. This invariant for

,

k = G F (37) [a l p h a]

detects the chirality of the knots

1 0_{48}

and

1 0_{91}

and it distinguish many other pairs of knots with equal HOMFLY polynomials.

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