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KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XXI: Skein modules, Khovanov homology and Hochschild homology
December 9-11, 2005
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU)

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Non-sharpness of the Morton Franks Williams inequality
by
Keiko Kawamuro
Columbia University

I will exhibit an infinite sequence of fibered 4-braids on which the MFW inequality is not sharp. For this, I use the enhanced Milnor numbers of the fiber surfaces.

Paper reference: arXiv:math.GT/0509169

Date received: November 16, 2005

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