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Alexander polynomials of doubly primitive knots
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by Kazuhiro Ichihara, Toshio Saito and Masakazu Teragaito PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 605-615 Request permission

Abstract:

We give a formula for Alexander polynomials of doubly primitive knots. This also gives a practical algorithm to determine the genus of any doubly primitive knot.
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Additional Information
  • Kazuhiro Ichihara
  • Affiliation: College of General Education, Osaka Sangyo University, Nakagaito 3-1-1, Daito, Osaka 574-8530, Japan
  • Email: ichihara@las.osaka-sandai.ac.jp
  • Toshio Saito
  • Affiliation: Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
  • Email: tsaito@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
  • Masakazu Teragaito
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-1-1, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan 739-8524.
  • MR Author ID: 264744
  • Email: teragai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
  • Received by editor(s): June 21, 2005
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 13, 2005
  • Published electronically: August 10, 2006
  • Additional Notes: The second author was supported by the 21st Century COE program “Towards a New Basic Science; Depth and Synthesis”, Osaka University.
    The third author was partially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 16540071.
  • Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
  • © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 605-615
  • MSC (2000): Primary 57M25
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08496-6
  • MathSciNet review: 2255308