Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2007
Abstract
The Volume Conjecture claims that the hyperbolic volume of a knot is determined by the colored Jones polynomial. Here we prove a "Volumish Theorem" for alternating knots in terms of the Jones polynomial, rather than the colored Jones polynomial: The ratio of the volume and certain sums of coefficients of the Jones polynomial is bounded from above and from below by constants. Furthermore, we give experimental data on the relation of the growths of the hyperbolic volume and the coefficients of the Jones polynomial, both for alternating and nonalternating knots.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Pacific Journal of Mathematics
First Page
279
Last Page
291
Recommended Citation
Dasbach, O., & Lin, X. (2007). A volumish theorem for the Jones polynomial of alternating knots. Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 231 (2), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2007.231.279