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7 Invariants

• 7.1 Invariants from Braid Theory
• 7.2 Three Dimensional Invariants
• 7.3 The Alexander-Conway Polynomial
• 7.4 The Determinant and the Signature
• 7.5 The Jones Polynomial
  • 7.5.1 How is the Jones polynomial computed?
  
  
• 7.6 The Coloured Jones Polynomials
• 7.7 The A2 Invariant
• 7.8 The HOMFLY-PT Polynomial
• 7.9 The Kauffman Polynomial
• 7.10 Finite Type (Vassiliev) Invariants
• 7.11 Khovanov Homology