2 papers
math.QA2025
On some log-concavity properties of the Alexander-Conway and Links-Gould invariants
Matthew Harper, Ben-Michael Kohli, Jiebo Song +1
The Links--Gould invariant of a link is a two-variable quantum generalization of the Alexander--Conway polynomial and has been shown to sha…
math.GT2025
Skein theory for the Links-Gould polynomial
Stavros Garoufalidis, Matthew Harper, Rinat Kashaev +3
Building further on work of Marin and Wagner, we give a cubic braid-type skein theory of the Links--Gould polynomial invariant of oriented links and prove that it can be used to ev…