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Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial
Author(s):
Yuhan
Lim
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
138
(2010),
3759-3768.
MSC (2010):
Primary 57R58, 57M27
Posted:
May 19, 2010
MathSciNet review:
2661575
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Abstract:
We prove that the instanton knot homology  as defined by Kronheimer-Mrowka recovers the Alexander polynomial for knots  in the 3-sphere.
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Additional Information:
Yuhan
Lim
Affiliation:
Murphys, California 95247
Email:
ylim583@yahoo.com
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10412-4
PII:
S 0002-9939(2010)10412-4
Received by editor(s):
July 28, 2009
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
July 30, 2009 and January 26, 2010
Posted:
May 19, 2010
Communicated by:
Daniel Ruberman
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American Mathematical Society
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