The L^2-Alexander invariant detects the unknot

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2013.03.009zbMATH Open1272.57007arXiv1311.7342OpenAlexW2963752639MaRDI QIDQ2376624FDOQ2376624

Authors: Fathi Ben Aribi 

Publication date: 24 June 2013

Published in: Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we present some of the properties of the $L^2$-Alexander invariant of a knot defined by Li and Zhang, some of which are similar to those of the classical Alexander polynomial. Notably we prove that the $L^2$-Alexander invariant detects the trivial knot.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.7342

zbMATH Keywords

\(L^2\)-Alexander invariantunknot detection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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Cited In (6)

• DOES THE JONES POLYNOMIAL DETECT THE UNKNOT?
• The \(L^2\)-Alexander torsions of 3-manifolds
• The \(L^2\)-Alexander torsion for Seifert fiber spaces
• The \(L^2\)-torsion function and the Thurston norm of 3-manifolds
• The \(L^2\)-Alexander torsion of 3-manifolds
• Gluing formulas for the L2-Alexander torsions

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