A matrix for computing the Jones polynomial of a knot (Q1897854)
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A matrix for computing the Jones polynomial of a knot (English)
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10 September 1995
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We describe a scheme which associates to each unoriented knot diagram a symmetric matrix over the field \(\mathbb{Z}_2\), and we show how the bracket polynomial (and, thus, the Jones polynomial) of the knot an be calculated from this matrix using elementary linear algebra.
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knot diagram
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symmetric matrix
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bracket polynomial
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Jones polynomial
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