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{{Short description|Algebraic structure}}
In [[Mathematics|mathematics]], a '''Conway algebra''', introduced by {{harvs|txt| last1=Traczyk | first1=Paweł | last2=[[Biography:Józef H. Przytycki|Przytycki]] | first2=Józef H. | title=Invariants of links of Conway type | mr=945888  | year=1988 | journal=Kobe Journal of Mathematics | issn=0289-9051 | volume=4 | issue=2 | pages=115–139}} and named after [[Biography:John Horton Conway|John Horton Conway]], is an [[Abstract algebra|algebraic]] structure with two [[Binary operation|binary operation]]s | and * and an [[Infinite set|infinite number]] of [[Constant (mathematics)|constants]] ''a''<sub>1</sub>, ''a''<sub>2</sub>,..., satisfying certain [[Identity (mathematics)|identities]]. Conway algebras can be used to construct invariants of [[Link (knot theory)|links]] that are [[Skein relation|skein invariant]].

==References==

*{{Citation | last1=Traczyk | first1=Paweł | last2=Przytycki | first2=Józef H. | title=Invariants of links of Conway type | mr=945888  | year=1988 | journal=Kobe Journal of Mathematics | issn=0289-9051 | volume=4 | issue=2 | pages=115–139}}

[[Category:Knot theory]]

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