Combinatorial knot theory and the Jones polynomial
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چکیده
This paper is an introduction to combinatorial knot theory via state summation models for the Jones polynomial and its generalizations. It also a story about developments that ensued in relation discovery of remembrance Vaughan his mathematics.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1793-6527', '0218-2165']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218216523400114