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We give a new definition of the Jones polynomial. Let L be an oriented knot or link obtained as the plat closure of a braid beta in B_{2n}. We define a covering space tilde{C} of the space of unordered n-tuples of distinct points in the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephen Bigelow

The purpose of this review paper is the collection, systematization and discussion of recent results concerning the quantization approach to the Jacobian conjecture, as well as certain related topics.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Alexei Kanel-Belov , Andrey Elishev , Farrokh Razavinia , Jie-Tai Yu , Wenchao Zhang

The purpose of this thesis is to study classical combinatorial objects, such as polytopes, polytopal complexes, and subspace arrangements, using tools that have been developed in combinatorial topology, especially those tools developed in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-12 Karim Alexander Adiprasito

Knots, links and entangled filaments appear in many physical systems of interest in biology and engineering. Classifying knots and measuring entanglement is of interest both for advancing knot theory, as well as for analyzing large data…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Kasturi Barkataki , Eleni Panagiotou

We discuss various aspects of representation of a polynomial as a sum of monomials (for example, uniqueness of such representation and related estimations).

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-10-12 Milos Arsenovic , Rados Bakic

This is an expository paper. Its purpose is to explain the linear algebra that underlies Donaldson-Thomas theory and the geometry of Riemannian manifolds with holonomy in $G_2$ and ${\rm Spin}(7)$.

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-10-02 Dietmar A. Salamon , Thomas Walpuski

We generalize Kauffman's famous formula defining the Jones polynomial of an oriented link in 3-space from his bracket and the writhe of an oriented diagram. Our generalization is an epimorphism between skein modules of tangles in compact…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Uwe Kaiser

The colored Jones polynomial is a knot invariant that plays a central role in low dimensional topology. We give a simple and an efficient algorithm to compute the colored Jones polynomial of any knot. Our algorithm utilizes the walks along…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-05-04 Mustafa Hajij , Jesse Levitt

We introduce tensor network contraction algorithms for the evaluation of the Jones polynomial of arbitrary knots. The value of the Jones polynomial of a knot maps to the partition function of a $q$-state Potts model defined as a planar…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-16 Konstantinos Meichanetzidis , Stefanos Kourtis

This paper defines versions of the Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology by using several maps from the set of Gauss diagrams to its variant. Through calculation of some examples, this paper also shows that these versions behave…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Noboru Ito

In this paper we discuss progress made in the study of the Jones polynomial from the point of view of quantum mechanics. This study reduces to the understanding of the quantization of the moduli space of flat SU(2)-connections on a surface…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-01-05 Razvan Gelca

In this paper we will present a homological model for Coloured Jones Polynomials. For each colour $N \in \mathbb {N}$, we will describe the invariant $J_N(L,q)$ as a graded intersection pairing of certain homology classes in a covering of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-30 Cristina Ana-Maria Anghel

We introduce colored Jones polynomials of nanowords and their categorification. We also prove the existence of a Khovanov-type bicomplex which has three grades.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-11 Noboru Ito

Motivated by the definition of the edge elimination polynomial of a graph we define the covered components polynomial counting spanning subgraphs with respect to their number of components, edges and covered components. We prove a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-03-02 Martin Trinks

Using a simple recurrence relation we give a new method to compute Jones polynomials of closed braids: we find a general expansion formula and a rational generating function for Jones polynomials. The method is used to estimate degree of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-02-22 Barbu Berceanu , Abdul Rauf Nizami

The Volume conjecture claims that the hyperbolic Volume of a knot is determined by the colored Jones polynomial. The purpose of this article is to show a Volume-ish theorem for alternating knots in terms of the Jones polynomial, rather than…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-07-27 Oliver Dasbach , Xiao-Song Lin

Combinatorial and topological aspects of monoids with an absorbing element and their associated algebras are considered. Phd thesis.

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2016-03-08 Simone Boettger

The paper contains a combinatorial theorem (the sequence of Newton polygons of a reccurent sequence of polynomials is quasi-linear) and two applications of it in classical and quantum topology, namely in the behavior of the $A$-polynomial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-10-26 Stavros Garoufalidis

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 utilize the trip matrix method of calculating the Jones Polynomial to give an alternative proof that the Jones Polynomial is multiplicative under connect sums.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Molly A. Moran , Emerson Worrell