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Invariants for
3-manifolds from the
combinatorics of the Jones polynomial
W. B. Raymond Lickorish |
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Vol. 149 (1991), No. 2, 337–347
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The bracket polynomial of Kauffman first gave an exceedingly simple definition of the Jones polynomial for links. Here it is used to give a short direct proof of the existence of a few of Witten’s 3-manifold invariants. |
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57N10
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Milestones
Received: 1 February 1990
Revised: 17 April 1990
Published: 1 June 1991
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| W. B. Raymond Lickorish | |
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