Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Mathematics
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
Trapp, Rolland
Second Advisor
Chavez, Joseph
Third Advisor
Wang, Wenxiang and Williams, Peter
Abstract
A knot invariant called the Jones polynomial will be defined in two ways, as the Kauffman Bracket polynomial and the Tutte polynomial. Three properties of the Jones polynomial are discussed. We also see how mutant knots share the same Jones polynomial.
Recommended Citation
Sacdalan, Alvin Mendoza, "Aspects of the Jones polynomial" (2006). Theses Digitization Project. 2872.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2872
