{ "id": "1902.07061", "version": "v1", "published": "2019-02-19T14:08:19.000Z", "updated": "2019-02-19T14:08:19.000Z", "title": "On the 2-head of the colored Jones polynomial for pretzel knots", "authors": [ "Paul Beirne" ], "comment": "17 pages", "categories": [ "math.GT", "math.NT", "math.QA" ], "abstract": "In this paper, we prove a formula for the 2-head of the colored Jones polynomial for an infinite family of pretzel knots. Following Hall, the proof utilizes skein-theoretic techniques and a careful examination of higher order stability properties for coefficients of the colored Jones polynomial.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2019-02-19T14:08:19.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M25", "57M27" ], "keywords": [ "colored jones polynomial", "pretzel knots", "higher order stability properties", "proof utilizes skein-theoretic techniques", "examination" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 17, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }