The Homflypt polynomial and the oriented Thompson group
  We show how to construct unitary representations of the oriented Thompson group $\vec{F}$ from oriented link invariants. In particular we show that the suitably normalised HOMFLYPT polynomial defines a positive definite function of $\vec{F}$. 
Valeriano Aiello, Roberto Conti, Vaughan F. R. Jones
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