A polynomial time knot polynomial
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Abstract:
We present the strongest known knot invariant that can be computed effectively (in polynomial time).References
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Additional Information
- Dror Bar-Natan
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada
- Email: drorbn@math.toronto.edu
- Roland van der Veen
- Affiliation: Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA Leiden, Holland
- Email: r.i.van.der.veen@math.leidenuniv.nl
- Received by editor(s): September 19, 2017
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 15, 2018
- Published electronically: October 18, 2018
- Additional Notes: This work was partially supported by NSERC grant RGPIN 262178 and by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
- Communicated by: David Futer
- © Copyright 2018 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 147 (2019), 377-397
- MSC (2010): Primary 57M25; Secondary 57M27
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/14166
- MathSciNet review: 3876757