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Unity of Jones polynomials in the unit circle and the plane

Geometric Topology 2026-03-17 v1

Abstract

In this note, we study solutions of the equation JK(t)=1J_K(t)=1 for the Jones polynomial of knots and links. For the family KnK_n of double-twist knots, we show that every root of unity (except 1-1) satisfies JKn(ζ)=1J_{K_n}(\zeta)=1 for some nn. Consequently, the set of solutions to JKn(t)=1J_{K_n}(t)=1 arising from this family is dense in the unit circle. We further show that there exists a family of links for which the zeros of JL(t)1J_L(t)-1 are dense in the complex plane, adapting the density mechanism of Jin--Zhang--Dong--Tay for Jones polynomial zeros.

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@article{arxiv.2603.14585,
  title  = {Unity of Jones polynomials in the unit circle and the plane},
  author = {Michal Jablonowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.14585},
  year   = {2026}
}