On polynomials and surfaces of variously positive links

DOI10.4171/JEMS/36MaRDI QIDQ2388677zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alexander Stoimenow

Publication date 15 September 2005

Published in Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0202226

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialalmost alternating linkalmost positive linkfiber surfaceJones polynomialpositive linkquasipositive linkribbon genus

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Abstract: It is known that the minimal degree of the Jones polynomial of a positive knot is equal to its genus, and the minimal coefficient is 1. We extend this result to almost positive links and partly identify the 3 following coefficients for special types of positive links. We also give counterexamples to the Jones polynomial-ribbon genus conjectures for a quasipositive knot. Then we show that the Alexander polynomial completely detects the minimal genus and fiber property of canonical Seifert surfaces associated to almost positive (and almost alternating) link diagrams.

Review text

Descriptions and bounds for the minimal degree and certain coefficients of the Jones polynomial in terms, for instance, of genera are studied for special types of links (almost positive, fibred,...). Recall that a link \(L\) is called \textsl{\(k\)-almost positive} if \(k\) is the minimum number of negative crossings over all diagrams for \(L\). A link is \textsl{positive} if it is \(0\)-almost positive and \textsl{almost positive} if it is \(1\)-almost positive. The author proves that the minimal degree of the Jones polynomial of an almost positive link \(L\) equals \((1-\chi(L))/2\). This fact was proved by \textit{T. Fiedler} in [Topology 30, No.1, 1-8 (1991; Zbl 0724.57004)] for positive braid knots, i.e. knots obtained as closures of braids which are products of only positive Artin generators. Notice that, when \(L\) is a knot, \((1-\chi(L))/2\) is simply the genus of the knot. In his paper, Fiedler also conjectured a bound for the minimal degree of the Jones polynomial (``Jones polynomial-ribbon genus conjectures). His conjectures are disproved in this paper. Several other examples and some open questions are also proposed.

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