Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4660570 Topology and its Applications 2009 17 Pages PDF
Abstract

A star-like isotopy for oriented links in 3-space is an isotopy which uses only Reidemeister moves which correspond to the following singularities of planar curves:, , , .Full-size tableTable optionsView in workspaceDownload as CSVWe define a link polynomial derived from the Jones polynomial which is, in general, only invariant under star-like isotopies and we categorify it.

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