%0 Journal Article %T Recurrence relation for Jones polynomials %A Barbu Berceanu %A Abdul Rauf Nizami %J Mathematics %D 2010 %I arXiv %X Using a simple recurrence relation we give a new method to compute Jones polynomials of closed braids: we find a general expansion formula and a rational generating function for Jones polynomials. The method is used to estimate degree of Jones polynomials for some families of braids and to obtain general qualitative results. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3735v1