Linking forms, finite orthogonal groups and periodicity of links (Q826461)

Surveying fifty years of prior work on periodicity by obstructionists such as Murasugi, Przytycki, Livingston, Politarczyk and the first author, this paper refines Naik's results [\textit{S. Naik}, Pac. J. Math. 166, No. 2, 357--371 (1994; Zbl 0817.57005), Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 122, No. 2, 281--290 (1997; Zbl 0891.57009)] for classical links in $S^3$. In particular, numerous new low crossing knots are proved not periodic for period 3.