# OPTIMISTIC LIMITS OF THE COLORED JONES POLYNOMIALS

• Cho, Jinseok ;
• Murakami, Jun
• Published : 2013.05.01
• 169 10

#### Abstract

We show that the optimistic limits of the colored Jones polynomials of the hyperbolic knots coincide with the optimistic limits of the Kashaev invariants modulo $4{\pi}^2$.

#### Keywords

volume conjecture;colored Jones polynomial;optimistic limit;Kashaev invariant

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#### Acknowledgement

Supported by : Korea Research Foundation