Kauffman bracket
= Kauffman bracket
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The Kauffman bracket is the unoriented diagram invariant determined by resolving each crossing into its two smoothings and replacing every additional disjoint circle by the loop factor $-A^2-A^{-2}$. It is invariant under the second and third <Reidemeister move>[Reidemeister moves].