Application of Braiding Sequences. II. Polynomial Invariants of Positive Knots

Abstract

We apply the concept of braiding sequences to link polynomials to show polynomial growth bounds on the derivatives of the Jones polynomial evaluated on S 1 and of the Brandt-Lickorish-MillettHo polynomial evaluated on [−2, 2] on alternating and positive knots of given genus. For positive links, boundedness criteria for the coefficients of the Jones, HOMFLY and Kauffman polynomials are derived. (This is a continuation of the paper 'Applications of braiding sequences. I': Commun. Contemp. Math. 12(5) (2010), 681-726.)