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Knots in Washington XVIII; Khovanov homology
May 28-30, 2004
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

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On the coefficients of the Jones polynomial
by
Oliver Dasbach
Louisiana State University
Coauthors: Xiao-Song Lin

We show that certain combinations of coefficients of the Jones polynomial of alternating knots give linear upper and lower bounds for the hyperbolic volume of the knot complement. We compare it with the non-alternating case.

Paper reference: arXiv:math.GT/0403448

Date received: May 25, 2004


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