Abstract
In this note we show that the rank of the trip matrix of a positive knot diagram is exactly twice the genus of the associated positive knot. From this, we give a quick proof of the following result of Murasugi: The term of lowest degree in the Jones polynomial of a positive knot is 1 · tg, where g is the genus of the knot.
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