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KNOTS in WASHINGTON XII Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
May 10-12, 2001
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Dubravko Ivansic, Ilya Kofman, Jozef H. Przytycki, Yongwu Rong, Akira Yasuhara

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Skein theory for the Alexander Polynomial of 3-Manifolds via Hopf algebras
by
Thomas Kerler
The Ohio State University

We use the equivalence of the Frohman Nicas TQFT obtained via the cohomology of U(1)-moduli spaces and the Hennings TQFT for a certain 8-dimensional Hopf algebra in order to find a combinatorial desription of the Alexander polynomial of a 3-manifold that is presented as surgery along a link.

Date received: May 9, 2001

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