Alexander polynomials of equivariant slice and ribbon knots in $S^3$
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Abstract:
This paper gives an algebraic characterization of Alexander polynomials of equivariant ribbon knots and a factorization condition satisfied by Alexander polynomials of equivariant slice knots.References
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Additional Information
- James F. Davis
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-4301
- MR Author ID: 194576
- Swatee Naik
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557
- Received by editor(s): May 20, 2002
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 11, 2004
- Published electronically: May 26, 2005
- Additional Notes: The first author was partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006), 2949-2964
- MSC (2000): Primary 57M25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-05-03741-4
- MathSciNet review: 2216254