On the degree of the Jones polynomial (Q757895)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4194713
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On the degree of the Jones polynomial
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4194713

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    On the degree of the Jones polynomial (English)
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    1991
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    The author gives new bounds for the maximum and minimum degrees of the Jones polynomial of a link by using Kauffman's state model. The author raised new conjectures, which are related to the Milnor conjecture: For an algebraic link the unknotting number is equal to the genus.
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    Kauffman's bracket invariant
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    Jones polynomial
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    Kauffman's state model
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    Milnor conjecture
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    link
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    unknotting number
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