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In knot theory, the Kauffman polynomial is a 2-variable knot polynomial due to Louis Kauffman. It is initially defined on a link diagram as : where is the writhe of the link diagram and is a polynomial in ''a'' and ''z'' defined on link diagrams by the following properties: * (O is the unknot) * *''L'' is unchanged under type II and III Reidemeister moves Here is a strand and (resp. ) is the same strand with a right-handed (resp. left-handed) curl added (using a type I Reidemeister move). Additionally ''L'' must satisfy Kauffman's skein relation: : The pictures represent the ''L'' polynomial of the diagrams which differ inside a disc as shown but are identical outside. Kauffman showed that ''L'' exists and is a regular isotopy invariant of unoriented links. It follows easily that ''F'' is an ambient isotopy invariant of oriented links. The Jones polynomial is a special case of the Kauffman polynomial, as the ''L'' polynomial specializes to the bracket polynomial. The Kauffman polynomial is related to Chern-Simons gauge theories for SO(N) in the same way that the HOMFLY polynomial is related to Chern-Simons gauge theories for SU(N) (see Witten's article "Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial", in Commun. Math. Phys.) ==Further reading== *Louis Kauffman, ''On Knots'', (1987), ISBN 0-691-08435-1 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kauffman polynomial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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