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Jones polynomial
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<p>In the <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematical</a> field of <a href="/facts/Knot_theory/mb7rtqVP">knot theory</a>, the Jones polynomial is a <a href="/facts/Knot_polynomial/fB770Bw0">knot polynomial</a> discovered by <a href="/facts/Vaughan_Jones/VMsx3l70">Vaughan Jones</a> in 1984. Specifically, it is an <a href="/facts/Knot_invariant/BEvEEpHQ">invariant</a> of an oriented <a href="/facts/Knot_(mathematics)/UMtKJ36m">knot</a> or <a href="/facts/Link_(knot_theory)/hoFDYmVj">link</a> which assigns to each oriented knot or link a <a href="/facts/Laurent_polynomial/ESxjzdmw">Laurent polynomial</a> in the variable t 1 / 2 {\displaystyle t^{1/2}} with <a href="/facts/Integer/PUwwrawx">integer</a> <a href="/facts/Coefficient/5Hwq2Wuq">coefficients</a>. </p>