English

Mutation and the colored Jones polynomial

Geometric Topology 2008-09-24 v3 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We show examples of knots with the same polynomial invariants and hyperbolic volumes, with variously coinciding 2-cable polynomials and colored Jones polynomials, which are not mutants.

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@article{arxiv.math/0607794,
  title  = {Mutation and the colored Jones polynomial},
  author = {Alexander Stoimenow and Toshifumi Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607794},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

19 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, with an appendix by Daniel Matei; rev 26 Feb 07: theorem 1.2 and references put in; rev 24 Sep 08: some minor reorganization and few corrections, mainly in proof of Theorem 4.2