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Verification of the Jones unknot conjecture up to 24 crossings

Robert E. Tuzun

244 Math Bldg, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

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Adam S. Sikora

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-3903

244 Math Bldg, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

E-mail Address: asikora@buffalo.edu

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216521500206Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Extending upon our previous work, we verify the Jones Unknot Conjecture for all knots up to 24 crossings. We describe the method of our approach and analyze the growth of the computational complexity of its different components.

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AMSC: 57K14, 57K10

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