Jones Polynomial

In the mathematical field of knot theory, the Jones polynomial is a knot polynomial discovered by Vaughan Jones in 1984. Specifically, it is an invariant of an oriented knot or link which assigns to each oriented knot or link a Laurent polynomial in the variable with integer coefficients.

Read more about Jones Polynomial:  Definition By The Bracket, Definition By Braid Representation, Properties, Link With Chern-Simons Theory, Open Problems

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