A factorization of the Conway polynomial

DOI10.1007/S000140050075MaRDI QIDQ1284457zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jerome Levine

Publication date 17 August 1999

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9711007

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Alexander polynomial\(\widetilde\mu\)-invariants

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Abstract: A string link S can be closed in a canonical way to produce an ordinary closed link L. We also consider a twisted closing which produces a knot K. We give a formula for the Conway polynomial of L as a product of the Conway polynomial of K times a power series whose coefficients are given as explicit functions of the Milnor invariants of S. One consequence is a formula for the first non-vanishing coefficient of the Conway polynomial of L in terms of the Milnor invariants of L. There is an analogous factorization of the multivariable Alexander polynomial.

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