Twisted Alexander polynomial and Reidemeister torsion

被引:76
作者
Kitano, T
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo 152, OH-Okayama, Meguro-Ku
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D O I
10.2140/pjm.1996.174.431
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
This paper will show that the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot is the Reidemeister torsion of its knot exterior. As an application we obtain a proof that the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot for an SO(n)-representation is symmetric.
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页码:431 / 442
页数:12
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