From 3-moves to Lagrangian tangles and cubic skein modules
arXiv:math/0405248
Abstract
We discuss several open problems in classical Knot Theory and we develop techniques that allow us to study them: Lagrangian tangles, skein modules and Burnside groups.
59 pages, 64 figures, Proceedings of the workshop New Techniques in Topological Quantum Field Theory; Calgary/Kananaskis, August 22-27, 2001, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2004, to appear