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2013 The head and tail conjecture for alternating knots
Cody Armond
Algebr. Geom. Topol. 13(5): 2809-2826 (2013). DOI: 10.2140/agt.2013.13.2809

Abstract

We investigate the coefficients of the highest and lowest terms (also called the head and the tail) of the colored Jones polynomial and show that they stabilize for alternating links and for adequate links. To do this we apply techniques from skein theory.

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Cody Armond. "The head and tail conjecture for alternating knots." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 13 (5) 2809 - 2826, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2013.13.2809

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Received: 30 December 2011; Accepted: 2 October 2012; Published: 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 19 December 2017

zbMATH: 1271.57005
MathSciNet: MR3116304
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/agt.2013.13.2809

Subjects:
Primary: 57M25 , 57M27

Keywords: colored Jones polynomial , head and tail

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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