Recurrence Relations for Knot Polynomials of Twist Knots

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 59 - 66, 01.03.2021

Kemal Taşköprü , Zekiye Şevval Sinan

https://doi.org/10.33401/fujma.856647

Abstract

This paper gives HOMFLY polynomials and Kauffman polynomials L and F of twist knots as recurrence relations, respectively, and also provides some recursive properties of them.

Keywords

Knot polynomial, Oriented knot, Unoriented knot, Twist knot

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