A combinatorial model for the homfly polynomial
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A combinatorial model for the homfly polynomial
zbMATH Open document ID: 0733.05039
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6698(13)80040-6
author: François Jaeger
published in: European Journal of Combinatorics
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper gives a combinatorial model for the homfly polynomial, which is derived from the Conway-type algorithm used to compute the homfly polynomial of an arbitrary link diagram. It is an expansion of the homfly polynomial in terms of circuit partitions. The paper first introduces a matrix formalism for the homfly algorithm. This formalism is used to express the main result as a matrix inversion formula, which is proved in a wider context where non-planar graphs are permitted. Different aspects and consequences of the result are also discussed. \{The erratum gives the missing page 558.\}
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05C20
zbMATH DE Number: 4212078
zbMATH Keywords: homfly polynomial
zbMATH Keywords: link diagram
reviewed by: Wai-Kai Chen
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4212078