On calculations of the twisted Alexander ideals for spatial graphs, handlebody-knots and surface-links (Q1750368)

The twisted Alexander ideal of a knot is a generalization of the Alexander ideal, and is derived from the fundamental group of the knot exterior, an abelianization and a group representation. In this paper, the authors adopt Wada's version of the twisted Alexander ideal, extended for a finitely presentable group with an abelianization and a group representation; see [\textit{M. Wada}, Topology 33, No. 2, 241--256 (1994; Zbl 0822.57006)]. The authors calculate the twisted Alexander ideals for spatial graphs, handlebody-knots and surface-links. A spatial graph is a finite and labeled graph embedded in \(S^3\). For spatial graphs, they calculate and show the nontriviality of the twisted Alexander ideal for Suzuki's theta-\(n\) curve for an integer \(n \geq 3\) such that \(n \equiv 1,5 \pmod{6}\), although the Alexander ideal is trivial for this case. A handlebody-knot is a handlebody embedded in \(S^3\). They calculate the twisted Alexander ideals for handlebody-knots of genus two with up to six crossings in the table due to \textit{A. Ishii} et al. [J. Knot Theory Ramifications 21, No. 4, 1250035, 9 p. (2012; Zbl 1236.57015)]. A surface-link is a closed surface locally flatly embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^4\). They calculate the twisted Alexander ideals for surface-links in Yoshikawa's table, correcting three calculations in the table due to \textit{K. Yoshikawa} [Osaka J. Math. 31, No. 3, 497--522 (1994; Zbl 0861.57033)].