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Knots in Washington XXXII, Categorification of Knots, Algebras, and Quandles; Quantum Computing
April 29 - May 1, 2011
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU, NSF), Radmila Sazdanovic (U.Penn), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Trivalent graphs and the Kauffman polynomial
by
Carmen Caprau
California State University, Fresno

We use trivalent graphs to construct a model for the 2-variable Kauffman polynomial for links. If time permitting, we will show how one can use this model to obtain an invariant of a certain type of trivalent graphs embedded in R3.

Date received: April 18, 2011

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