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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 ...
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