Framed Knot Contact Homology
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چکیده
We extend knot contact homology to a theory over the ring Z[λ±1, μ±1], with the invariant given topologically and combinatorially. The improved invariant, which is defined for framed knots in S and can be generalized to knots in arbitrary manifolds, distinguishes the unknot and can distinguish mutants. It contains the Alexander polynomial and naturally produces a two-variable polynomial knot invariant which is related to the A-polynomial.
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