Affiliation:
1. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Abstract
We use Kauffman’s bracket polynomial to define a complex-valued invariant of virtual rational tangles that generalizes the well-known fraction invariant for classical rational tangles. We provide a recursive formula for computing the invariant, and use it to compute several examples.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Algebra and Number Theory