Metabelian representations, twisted Alexander polynomials, knot slicing, and mutation

DOI10.1007/s00209-009-0548-1zbMath1210.57006arXiv0804.1355MaRDI QIDQ611990

Charles Livingston, Chris Herald, Paul A. Kirk

Publication date: 3 January 2011

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1355

zbMATH Keywords

twisted Alexander polynomial; slice knot; mutation; knot concordance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57M12: Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings

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Uses Software

• KnotInfo

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