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Alexander polynomials of two-bridge knots

Part of: Low-dimensional topology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Yasutaka Nakanishi  and
Masaki Suketa
Yasutaka Nakanishi
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsKobe UniversityNada-kuKobe 657Japan e-mail: nakanisi@math.s.kobe-u.ac.jp
Masaki Suketa
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsKobe UniversityNada-kuKobe 657Japan e-mail: nakanisi@math.s.kobe-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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For two-bridge knots, the authors give necessary conditions on coefficients of Alexander polynomials.

Keywords

Two-bridge knotAlexander polynomialSeifert matrix.

MSC classification

Secondary: 57M25: Knots and links in $S^3$
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , June 1996 , pp. 334 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1996

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