Sfb 288 Differential Geometry and Quantum Physics

Abstract for Sfb Preprint No. 181

The Alexander- and Jones-invariants and the Burau module

F. Constantinescu, M. Luedde

From the braid-valued Burau module over the braid group we construct the Yang-Baxter matrices yielding the Alexander- and the Jones knot invariants. This generalises an observation of V. F. R. Jones.

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