The commutator subgroups of the alternating knot groups
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Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to show that the commutator subgroup of the alternating knot group is the (proper or improper) free product of free groups with isomorphic subgroups amalgamated.References
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- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1971), 237-241
- MSC: Primary 55.20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1971-0275414-5
- MathSciNet review: 0275414