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The asymptotic behaviors of the colored Jones polynomials of the figure-eight knot, and an affine representation

Hitoshi Murakami

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 3523–3583

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.3523

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