Tangle sums and factorization of A-polynomials

zbMATH Open1332.57010arXiv1107.2640MaRDI QIDQ887789FDOQ887789

Authors: Masaharu Ishikawa, T. Mattman, Koya Shimokawa 

Publication date: 27 October 2015

Published in: The New York Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that there exist infinitely many examples of pairs of knots, K_1 and K_2, that have no epimorphism $p{i}_1(S^{3}setminus{K}_1)op{i}_1(S^{3}setminus{K}_2)$ preserving peripheral structure although their A-polynomials have the factorization $A_{K_2}(L,M)mid{A}_{K_1}(L,M)$. Our construction accounts for most of the known factorizations of this form for knots with 10 or fewer crossings. In particular, we conclude that while an epimorphism will lead to a factorization of A-polynomials, the converse generally fails.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.2640

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zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialpolynomial factorizationA-polynomialknot group epimorphismsmarked tanglestangle sum

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• Nontriviality of the \(M\)-degree of the \(A\)-polynomial

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• KnotInfo

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