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Jones polynomial, Tait conjectures and amphicheirals

  • Cam Van Quach Hongler

    Université de Genève, Switzerland

  • Claude Weber

    Université de Genève, Switzerland
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Abstract

This text presents how the Jones polynomial was the main tool used to prove the Tait conjectures, soon after its discovery by Vaughan Jones. The purpose of this note is to emphasize the immediate impact of the Jones polynomial on the two subjects mentioned in the title.

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Cam Van Quach Hongler, Claude Weber, Jones polynomial, Tait conjectures and amphicheirals. Enseign. Math. 69 (2023), no. 3/4, pp. 261–274

DOI 10.4171/LEM/1050