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Knots in Washington XVII, Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
December 19-21, 2003
GWU
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Marta M.Asaeda (U.Iowa), Mietek K.Dabkowski (UTD), Jozef H.Przytycki(GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

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A Kauffman bracket polynomial for legendrian links
by
Yongwu Rong
George Washington University

Legendrian link arise naturally from contact structures in R^3. Here we present an invariant of legendrian links analogous to the Kauffman bracket for the usual links in topological category.

Date received: December 11, 2003

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