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any (unoriented) link diagram , denoted , is a polynomial in the variable , characterized by the three rules:

* , where is the standard diagram of the unknot
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The pictures in the second rule represent brackets of the link diagrams which differ inside a disc as shown but are identical outside. The third rule means that adding a circle disjoint from the rest of the diagram multiplies the bracket of the remaining diagram

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