Operator invariants of tangles, and $R$-matrices

V. G. Turaev

Izvestiya. Mathematics , Tome 35 (1990) no. 2, pp. 411-444.

Résumé

Operator invariant of tangles are introduced. They generalize both representations of braid groups involving $R$-matrices and the recently introduced Jones–Conway and Kauffman polynomials of links. Bibliography: 25 titles.

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