Knot Polynomials: Myths and Reality

Abstract

This article provides an overview of relative strengths of polynomial invariants of knots and links, such as the Alexander, Jones, Homflypt, Kaufman two-variable polynomial, and Khovanov polynomial.

The paper has been withdrawn because it needs to be improved; arXiv admin note: it was resubmitted as arXiv:1107.1877, correcting the authorship