Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1986 · 47 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsAlgebraGeometryTopologyAlgebraic GeometryArithmetic GeometryGroup TheoryInvariant TheoryKnot TheoryQuadratic FormsAlexander PolynomialJones PolynomialKnot InvariantsKnot PolynomialsLink TheoryP-l PolynomialsPolynomial Invariants
The discovery by V. F. R. Jones of a Laurent polynomial invariant V L ( t )∈ℤ[ t ±½] for every oriented link L in the 3-sphere prompted the finding of a more general 2-variable Laurent polynomial invariant P L ( l, m )∈ℤ[ l ±1 , m ±1 ], (see [4], [3] and [6]).
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A new polynomial invariant of knots and links
Peter Freyd, David N. Yetter, Jim Hoste et al. · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1985 · 1.2K citations · Full text
A polynomial invariant of oriented links
W. B. R. Lickorish, Kenneth C. Millett · Topology · 1987 · 315 citations