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On the Alexander polynomial of alternating algebraic knots

Part of: Low-dimensional topology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Kunio Murasugi
Kunio Murasugi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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A conjecture of Fox about the coefficients of the Alexander polynomial of an alternating knot is proved for alternating algebraic (or arborescent) knots, which include two-bridge knots.

MSC classification

Secondary: 57M25: Knots and links in $S^3$

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Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , December 1985 , pp. 317 - 333
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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