Jones polynomials, volume and essential knot surfaces: a survey
Volume 100 / 2014
Banach Center Publications 100 (2014), 51-77
MSC: 57M25, 57M50, 57N10.
DOI: 10.4064/bc100-0-3
Abstract
This paper is a brief overview of recent results by the authors relating colored Jones polynomials to geometric topology. The proofs of these results appear in the papers [18, 19], while this survey focuses on the main ideas and examples.
