Is the Jones polynomial of a knot really a polynomial?

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 983-1000

  Garoufalidis, Stavros ^a   Lê , Thang T Q ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A polynomial; AJ Conjecture; Habiro ring; Holonomic functions; Homology spheres; Jones polynomial; Kauffman bracket; Knots; TQFT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751101112     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216506004919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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