Geometry & Topology Monographs, Vol. 4 (2002),
Invariants of knots and 3-manifolds (Kyoto 2001),
Paper no. 15, pages 235--244.
Power sums and Homfly skein theory
Hugh R. Morton
Abstract.
The Murphy operators in the Hecke algebra H_n of type A are explicit
commuting elements, whose symmetric functions are central in H_n. In
[Skein theory and the Murphy operators, J. Knot Theory Ramif. 11
(2002), 475-492] I defined geometrically a homomorphism from the
Homfly skein C of the annulus to the centre of each algebra H_n, and
found an element P_m in C, independent of n, whose image, up to an
explicit linear combination with the identity of H_n, is the m-th
power sum of the Murphy operators. The aim of this paper is to give
simple geometric representatives for the elements P_m, and to discuss
their role in a similar construction for central elements of an
extended family of algebras H_{n,p}.
Keywords.
Homfly skein theory, Murphy operators, power sums, supersymmetric polynomials, annulus, Hecke algebras
AMS subject classification.
Primary: 57M25.
Secondary: 20C08.
E-print: arXiv:math.GT/0111101
Submitted to GT on 31 October 2001.
(Revised 15 May 2002.)
Paper accepted 22 July 2002.
Paper published 13 October 2002.
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Hugh R. Morton
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool
Peach St, Liverpool, L69 7ZL, UK
Email: morton@liv.ac.uk
URL: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~su14
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