Definition:Jones Polynomial/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Jones Polynomial
The Jones polynomial was discovered by Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones in $1984$, using ideas from mathematical physics.
It can also be calculated using the same approach that John Horton Conway discovered to calculate the Alexander-Conway polynomial.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): knot polynomial
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): knot polynomial