On Alexander-Conway polynomials of two-bridge links

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DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2014.09.011zbMATH Open1305.57015arXiv1301.4937OpenAlexW2047477256MaRDI QIDQ480689FDOQ480689


Authors: Pierre-Vincent Koseleff, Daniel Pecker Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 9 December 2014

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider Conway polynomials of two-bridge links as Euler continuant polynomials. As a consequence, we obtain new and elementary proofs of classical Murasugi's 1958 alternating theorem and Hartley's 1979 trapezoidal theorem. We give a modulo 2 congruence for links, which implies the classical Murasugi's 1971 congruence for knots. We also give sharp bounds for the coefficients of Euler continuants and deduce bounds for the Alexander polynomials of two-bridge links. These bounds improve and generalize those of Nakanishi Suketa'96. We easily obtain some bounds for the roots of the Alexander polynomials of two-bridge links. This is a partial answer to Hoste's conjecture on the roots of Alexander polynomials of alternating knots.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.4937




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