The colored Jones polynomials and the simplicial volume of a knot

Acta Mathematica

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-104

  Murakami, Hitoshi ^a,b,d   Murakami, Jun ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institut Mittag Leffler   (Sweden)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0002742222     PISSN: 00015962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02392716     Document Type: Article

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