A geometric construction of the Conway potential function

Cimasoni, David

doi:10.1007/s00014-003-0777-6

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A geometric construction of the Conway potential function

ContributorsCimasoni, David

Published inCommentarii mathematici Helvetici, vol. 79, no. 1, p. 124-146

Publication date2004

Abstract

We give a geometric construction of the multivariable Conway potential function for colored links. In the case of a single color, it is Kauffman's definition of the Conway polynomial in terms of a Seifert matrix.

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arxiv : math.GT

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Faculté des sciences / Section de mathématiques

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CIMASONI, David. A geometric construction of the Conway potential function. In: Commentarii mathematici Helvetici, 2004, vol. 79, n° 1, p. 124–146. doi: 10.1007/s00014-003-0777-6

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PID : unige:12261
DOI : 10.1007/s00014-003-0777-6
arXiv : math/0406172v1

Journal ISSN0010-2571

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A geometric construction of the Conway potential function

We give a geometric construction of the multivariable Conway potential function for colored links. In the case of a single color, it is Kauffman's definition of the Conway polynomial in terms of a Seifert matrix.

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