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Unusual skein relation in HOMFLY polynomial
If I take the HOMFLY(PT) polynomial defined by
$$l \,P(L_+) + l^{-1}\,P(L_-) + m\,P(L_0) = 0,$$
I have looked at expressions of the form
(knots that are the same except inside a small disk, where ...