Calculating the 2-variable polynomial for knots presented as closed braids

DOI10.1016/0196-6774(90)90033-BzbMath0738.57003OpenAlexW2150768662MaRDI QIDQ4712682

Hugh R. Morton, Hamish Short

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Journal of Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0196-6774(90)90033-b

zbMATH Keywords

linksHecke algebraPASCALvariable polynomial for knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symbolic computation and algebraic computation (68W30) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

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