Twisted Alexander polynomials detect the unknot

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1893zbMATH Open1132.57010arXivmath/0604084OpenAlexW2142419701MaRDI QIDQ863083FDOQ863083

Authors: Daniel S. Silver, Susan G. Williams 

Publication date: 25 January 2007

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The group of a nontrivial knot admits a finite permutation representation such that the corresponding twisted Alexander polynomial is not a unit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0604084

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialknottwisted Alexander polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological entropy (37B40)

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Cited In (6)

• Introduction to twisted Alexander polynomials and related topics
• Metabelian representations, twisted Alexander polynomials, knot slicing, and mutation
• DOES THE JONES POLYNOMIAL DETECT THE UNKNOT?
• Alexander invariants for virtual knots
• Dynamics of twisted Alexander invariants
• Twisted Alexander polynomials of twist knots for nonabelian representations

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