Reidemeister torsion in knot theory

DOI10.1070/RM1986V041N01ABEH003204zbMath0602.57005OpenAlexW1986786890MaRDI QIDQ3738263

Vladimir G. Turaev

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1070/rm1986v041n01abeh003204

zbMATH Keywords

Reidemeister torsionConway potential functionPoincaré duality pairstorsion invariantshomology 3-sphereAlexander polynomial of a linkAlexander invariants of abelian coverings of 3-manifoldsAlexander polynomial of an amphicheiral linksign determined Alexander polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10) Poincaré duality spaces (57P10)

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