A twisted dimer model for knots

DOI10.4064/FM225-1-4MaRDI QIDQ5414335zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Moshe Cohen, Oliver T. Dasbach, Heather M. Russell

Publication date 5 May 2014

Published in Fundamenta Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5228

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialdimer modelsknotstwisted Alexander polynomial

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Abstract: We develop a dimer model for the Alexander polynomial of a knot. This recovers Kauffman's state sum model for the Alexander polynomial using the language of dimers. By providing some additional structure we are able to extend this model to give a state sum formula for the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot depending on a representation of the knot group.

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