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We discuss the existence of Galois relations obeyed by certain link invariants. Some of these relations have recently been identified and exploited within the context of conformal field theory and Lie/Kac-Moody representation theory. These relations should aid in computing knot invariants. They probably have an interpretation in terms of quasitriangular (quasi) Hopf algebras. They could also have a topological interpretation, and may serve as a concrete model for related ideas of Grothendieck, Drinfeld, Degiovanni, Ihara, and others.
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Gannon, T., Walton, M.A. Galois relations on knot invariants. Lett Math Phys 38, 185–194 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398319
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