JOURNAL OF GGT

Published in Journal of Gökova Geometry Topology, Volume 3 (2009)
Title Mutation and the colored Jones polynomial
Author Alexander Stoimenow and Toshifumi Tanaka
Abstract
It is known that the colored Jones polynomials, various 2-cable link polynomials, the hyperbolic volume, and the fundamental group of the double branched cover coincide on mutant knots. We construct examples showing that these criteria, even in various combinations, are not sufficient to determine the mutation class of a knot, and that they are independent in several ways. In particular, we answer negatively the question of whether the colored Jones polynomial determines a simple knot up to mutation.
Keywords Mutation, Jones polynomial, fundamental group, double branched cover, concordance
Pages44-78
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Submitted: May 3, 2009
Accepted: September 25, 2009
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