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1、KnotsandalgebrasH.R.MortonandP.Traczyk*Abstract.Startingfromtheexistenceofthe2-variablepolynomialPfororientedlinkswedevelopthelinearskeintheoryapproachtogiveageometricrealisationoftheHeckealgebras.AcarefuldenitionoftheringinwhichPtakesvaluesmakesiteasierthanu
2、sualtostudytherepresentationsofpiecesofaknotdiagramintheHeckealgebrasandinspecialisationsofthemsuchasthegroupalgebrasZ[S]:nAnanalogousmethodisusedtoconstructalgebrasbasedonKauman'spolyno-mial.Hereasimilarlycarefulchoiceofring,coupledwiththeuseoftheDubrovnikvar
3、iantofthepolynomialallowsanaturalspecialisationtoBrauer'salgebras.Introduction.The2-variablepolynomialP(K)ofanorientedlinkKwasdevelopedfromtwodierentstartingpoints.OneapproachwasthroughtheHeckealgebrasHn[J1,J2,O],whiletheothercombinatorialapproachwasthroughkno
4、tdiagramsandeventuallylinearskeintheory,[FYHLMO,PT].Weuseherethelinearskeintheoryapproachbasedontangles(piecesofaknotdiagram)togiveageometricrealisationoftheHeckealgebras,assumingtheexistenceofP(K):Oneimportantfeatureintheconstructionaspresentedhereisthedeniti
5、onoftheringinwhichP(K)takesvalues,tobeasubringofthemoreusualLaurentpolynomialring.Thisallowsvariousspecialisationsofthealgebras,whichresultfromspecialising;tobereadilyconstructed.Weusesimilarmethods,startingwithKauman'spolynomialinitsDubrovnikform[K],againke
6、epingaclosewatchontheringused,toconstructalgebraswhosespecialisationscanbeidentiedwithBrauer'salgebras[B]inaverynaturalway.SuchalgebrashavebeenstudiedinmoredetailbyBirmanandWenzl[BW],anditwasfromthemthatwegottohearofBrauer'salgebras.Whiletheiralgebrasareessent
7、iallyisomorphictotheonesconstructedhere,ourchoiceofringandtheuseoftheDubrovnikvariantofthepolynomialallowustomaketheirconjecturedconnectionwithBrauer'salgebrasverydirectlybothalgebraicallyandgeometrically.Forthisreason,andalsobecauseoftheformofrecentlydiscovere
8、dconnectionsofbothpolynomialswithinvariantsderivedfromLiealgebras[T],wefeelthattheDubrovnikversion,andtheversionofPwhichweuse,bothhaveaparticularlyappropriatechoiceofvariabl