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Presentations of skein algebras of genus 2
Haimiao Chen
We give a presentation for the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a closed or one-holed oriented surface of genus . This is the first such result for genus greater than .
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Computing Alexander polynomials for arborescent links
Haimiao Chen
Alexander polynomial was born one century ago, but explicit formulas have been found for only a few families of links. In this paper, we present an efficient method of computing Al…
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The -character variety of the magic -manifold
Haimiao Chen
We determine the irreducible -character variety of the 3-chain link exterior which is called the `magic -manifold', and deduce a formula for the twisted…