Infinitely many roots of unity are zeros of some Jones polynomials

Abstract: Let

N = 2 n^{2} - 1

or

N = n^{2} + n - 1

, for any

n g e 2

. Let

M = f r a c N - 1 2

. We construct families of prime knots with Jones polynomials

(- 1)^{M} s u m_{k = - M}^{M} (- 1)^{k} t^{k}

. Such polynomials have Mahler measure equal to

1

. If

N

is prime, these are cyclotomic polynomials

P h i_{2 N} (t)

, up to some shift in the powers of

t

. Otherwise, they are products of such polynomials, including

P h i_{2 N} (t)

. In particular, all roots of unity

z e t a_{2 N}

occur as roots of Jones polynomials. We also show that some roots of unity cannot be zeros of Jones polynomials.

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