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Coloured Jones and Alexander polynomials are sequences of quantum invariants recovering the Jones and Alexander polynomials at the first terms. We show that they can be seen conceptually in the same manner, using topological tools, as…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Cristina Ana-Maria Anghel

We automate the process of machine learning correlations between knot invariants. For nearly 200,000 distinct sets of input knot invariants together with an output invariant, we attempt to learn the output invariant by training a neural…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jessica Craven , Mark Hughes , Vishnu Jejjala , Arjun Kar

A polynomial is presented that models a topological knot in a unique manner. It distinguishes all types of knots including the orientation and has a group theory interpretation. The topologies may be labeled via a number, which upon a base…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon Chalmers

In this article we shall give an account of certain developments in knot theory which followed upon the discovery of the Jones polynomial in 1984. The focus of our account will be recent glimmerings of understanding of the topological…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Joan S. Birman

We construct a quantum algorithm to approximate efficiently the colored Jones polynomial of the plat presentation of any oriented link L at a fixed root of unity q. Our construction is based on SU(2) Chern-Simons topological quantum field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Garnerone , A. Marzuoli , M. Rasetti

We introduce a new approach to universal quantum knot invariants that emphasizes generating functions instead of generators and relations. All the relevant generating functions are shown to be perturbed Gaussians of the form $Pe^G$, where…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Dror Bar-Natan , Roland van der Veen

The colored Jones polynomial $J_{K,N}$ is an important quantum knot invariant in low-dimensional topology. In his seminal paper on quantum modular forms, Zagier predicted the behavior of $J_{K,0}(e^{2 \pi i x})$ under the action of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Christoph Aistleitner , Manuel Hauke

This paper formulates a generalization of our work on quantum knots to explain how to make quantum versions of algebraic, combinatorial and topological structures. We include a description of previous work on the construction of Hilbert…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-04 Louis H. Kauffman , Samuel J. Lomonaco

We reveal a relationship between the colored Jones polynomial and the A-polynomial for twist knots. We demonstrate that an asymptotics of the $N$-colored Jones polynomial in large $N$ gives the potential function, and that the A-polynomial…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-03-11 Kazuhiro Hikami

We consider an asymptotic expansion of Kashaev's invariant or the colored Jones function for the torus link T(2,2m). We shall give q-series identity related to these invariants, and show that the invariant is regarded as a limit of q being…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kazuhiro Hikami

We show that a topological quantum computer based on the evaluation of a Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFT invariant of knots can always be arranged so that the knot diagrams with which one computes are diagrams of hyperbolic knots. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-08 Eric Samperton

We use deep neural networks to machine learn correlations between knot invariants in various dimensions. The three-dimensional invariant of interest is the Jones polynomial $J(q)$, and the four-dimensional invariants are the Khovanov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-22 Jessica Craven , Mark Hughes , Vishnu Jejjala , Arjun Kar

This an article about some elementary geometric and combinatorial natures of various knot energies. A related "new" knot invariant -- the X-crossing number -- is introduced.

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Xiao-Song Lin

This paper is an exploration of relationships between the Jones polynomial and quantum computing. We discuss the structure of the Jones polynomial in relation to representations of the Temperley Lieb algebra, and give an example of a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman

Although most knots are nonalternating, modern research in knot theory seems to focus on alternating knots. We consider here nonalternating knots and their properties. Specifically, we show certain classes of knots have nontrivial Jones…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-07-13 Neil R. Nicholson

It is known that the colored Jones polynomials of a knot in the 3-dimensional sphere satisfy recursive relations, it is also known that these recursive relations come from recurrence polynomials which have been related, by the AJ…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Sunday Esebre , Razvan Gelca

We review the q-deformed spin network approach to Topological Quantum Field Theory and apply these methods to produce unitary representations of the braid groups that are dense in the unitary groups. Our methods are rooted in the bracket…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman , Samuel J. Lomonaco

In this paper we introduce a new invariant of virtual knots and links that is non-trivial for infinitely many virtuals, but is trivial on classical knots and links. The invariant is initially be expressed in terms of a relative of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman

We explore the topological significance of the Gukov-Manolescu knot series $F_K$. We show that the leading coefficient of $F_K$ is a monomial and express its exponent in terms of the Hopf invariant for all homogeneous braid knots, and for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Paul Orland , Lara San Martín Suárez , Toby Saunders-A'Court , Josef Svoboda

We introduce a new class of quantum enhancements we call biquandle brackets, which are customized skein invariants for biquandle colored links.Quantum enhancements of biquandle counting invariants form a class of knot and link invariants…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Sam Nelson , Michael E. Orrison , Veronica Rivera