The trace space and Kauffman’s knot invariants

Liu, Keqin

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02146-7

The trace space and Kauffman’s knot invariants
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by Keqin Liu

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 3823-3842

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02146-7

Published electronically: April 27, 1999

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Abstract:

The traces in the construction of Kauffman’s knot invariants are studied. The trace space is determined for a semisimple finite–dimensional quantum Hopf algebra and the best lower bound of the dimension of the trace space is given for a unimodular finite–dimensional quantum Hopf algebra.

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