Abstract
We introduce topological invariants of knots and braid conjugacy classes, in the form of differential graded algebras, and present an explicit combinatorial formulation for these invariants. The algebras conjecturally give the relative contact homology of certain Legendrian tori in five-dimensional contact manifolds. We present several computations and derive a relation between the knot invariant and the determinant.
Citation
Lenhard Ng. "Knot and braid invariants from contact homology I." Geom. Topol. 9 (1) 247 - 297, 2005. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2005.9.247
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