Burau maps and twisted Alexander polynomials
Geometric Topology
2016-08-04 v2
Abstract
The Burau representation of the braid group can be used to recover the Alexander polynomial of the closure of a braid. We define twisted Burau maps and use them to compute twisted Alexander polynomials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1510.06678,
title = {Burau maps and twisted Alexander polynomials},
author = {Anthony Conway},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.06678},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
20 pages, 3 figures; v2: minor changes, to appear in Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc