THE JONES POLYNOMIAL AND BOUNDARY SLOPES OF ALTERNATING KNOTS

DOI10.1142/S0218216511009194zbMath1238.57009arXiv0910.4912MaRDI QIDQ3102980

Cynthia L. Curtis, Samuel J. Taylor

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4912

zbMATH Keywords

Jones polynomialalternating knotboundary slopeknot signaturecheckerboard surfaceessential spanning surfacereduced alternating diagram

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