On the twisted Alexander polynomial for representations into \(SL_{2}(\mathbb C)\) (Q2859566)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6224078
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6224078 |
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8 November 2013
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twisted Alexander polynomial
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non-abelian representation
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2-bridge knot
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twist knot
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On the twisted Alexander polynomial for representations into \(SL_{2}(\mathbb C)\) (English)
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The twisted Alexander polynomial is an invariant of a knot together with (the conjugacy class of) a representation of the knot group. A representation is said to be non-abelian if its image is a non-abelian group.NEWLINENEWLINEThis paper studies two particular families of non-fibred 2-bridge knots. One family consists of twist knots. Each member of the other family is a `2-bridge knot assigned to a pair of relatively prime odd integers'. For these families, the author gives the number of non-abelian representations into \(SL(2,\mathbb{C})\) for which the degree of the twisted Alexander polynomial is strictly less than the maximal value of \(4g-2\) (where \(g\) is the genus of the knot), and the number for which the polynomial is monic. These numbers are established by direct calculation using Chebyshev polynomials.
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