Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial

Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 3759-3768 Request permission

We prove that the instanton knot homology $KHI(K)$ as defined by Kronheimer-Mrowka recovers the Alexander polynomial for knots $K$ in the 3-sphere.

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