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Alexander polynomials of equivariant slice and ribbon knots in 
Author(s):
James
F.
Davis;
Swatee
Naik
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
358
(2006),
2949-2964.
MSC (2000):
Primary 57M25
Posted:
May 26, 2005
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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.
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James
F.
Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-4301
Swatee
Naik
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-05-03741-4
PII:
S 0002-9947(05)03741-4
Received by editor(s):
May 20, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
May 11, 2004
Posted:
May 26, 2005
Additional Notes:
The first author was partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
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