The Alexander- and Jones-invariants and the Burau module
Abstract
From the braid-valued Burau module over the braid group we construct the Yang-Baxter matrices yielding the Alexander- and the Jones knot invariants. This generalises an observation of V. F. R. Jones.
- Publication:
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eprint arXiv:q-alg/9510016
- Pub Date:
- October 1995
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.q-alg/9510016
- arXiv:
- arXiv:q-alg/9510016
- Bibcode:
- 1995q.alg....10016C
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Quantum Algebra
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, Latex2e source requiring AMS packages, no figures