State Models and the Jones Polynomial

@article{Kauffman1987StateMA,
  title={State Models and the Jones Polynomial},
  author={Louis H. Kauffman},
  journal={Topology},
  year={1987},
  volume={26},
  pages={395-407}
}
IN THIS PAPER I construct a state model for the (original) Jones polynomial [5]. (In [6] a state model was constructed for the Conway polynomial.) As we shall see, this model for the Jones polynomial arises as a normalization of a regular isotopy invariant of unoriented knots and links, called here the bracket polynomial, and denoted 〈K〉 for a link projectionK . The concept of regular isotopy will be explained below. The bracket polynomial has a very simple state model. In §2 (Theorem 2.10) I… Expand
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