• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.993-1015
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• 2012

In this paper, we study the quantum sl($n$) representation category using the web space. Specially, we extend sl($n$) web space for $n{\geq}4$ as generalized Temperley-Lieb algebras. As an application of our study, we find that the HOMFLY polynomial $P_n(q)$ specialized to a one variable polynomial can be computed by a linear expansion with respect to a presentation of the quantum representation category of sl($n$). Moreover, we correct the false conjecture [30] given by Chbili, which addresses the relation between some link polynomials of a periodic link and its factor link such as Alexander polynomial ($n=0$) and Jones polynomial ($n=2$) and prove the corrected conjecture not only for HOMFLY polynomial but also for the colored HOMFLY polynomial specialized to a one variable polynomial.