{
  "id": "1605.00070",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-04-30T07:45:58.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-04-30T07:45:58.000Z",
  "title": "On the skein polynomial for links",
  "authors": [
    "Boju Jiang",
    "Jiajun Wang",
    "Hao Zheng"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.GT"
  ],
  "abstract": "We give characterizations of the skein polynomial for links (as well as Jones and Alexander-Conway polynomials derivable from it), avoiding the usual \"smoothing of a crossing\" move. As by-products we have characterizations of these polynomials for knots, and for links with any given number of components.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-04-30T07:45:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "57M25",
      "20F36"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "skein polynomial",
      "characterizations",
      "alexander-conway polynomials derivable"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}