Jones polynomial

English

Etymology

Discovered by Vaughan Jones in 1984.

Noun

Jones polynomial (plural Jones polynomials)

  1. (mathematics) A particular knot polynomial that is an invariant of an oriented knot or link which assigns to each oriented knot or link a Laurent polynomial in the variable t1/2 with integer coefficients.
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