Infinitely many roots of unity are zeros of some Jones polynomials (Q2145861)

The Alexander polynomial was characterised by Seifert with necessary and sufficient conditions. For the Jones polynomial, a powerful knot invariant introduced by Vaughan Jones in 1984, such a result has not been achieved yet. Determining the zeroes of Jones polynomials addresses this general question. It was shown in [\textit{X. Jin} et al., Electron. J. Comb. 17, No. 1, Research Paper R94, 10 p. (2010; Zbl 1230.05110)] that the set of zeroes of Jones polynomials is dense in \(\mathbb{C}\). The article under review proves that the set of zeroes of Jones polynomials is also dense in the unit circle \(\mathbb{T}\). More precisely, the author constructs a family of prime knots with Jones polynomial \((-1)^M\sum_{k=-M}^M(-1)^k t^k\), where \(M=(N-1)/2\), \(N=2n^2-1\) or \(N=n^2+n-1\). All roots of unity \(\zeta_{2N}\) occur as roots of these polynomials. The author also shows that some roots of unity are not zeroes of Jones polynomials.