2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/76470It is shown how Fiedler's `small state-sum' invariant for a braid can be calculated from the 2-variable Alexander polynomial of the link which consists of the closed braid together with the braid axis.7 pages LaTeX2e. To appear in Topology and its ApplicationsGeometric Topology57M25text