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Cluster variables, ancestral triangles and Alexander polynomials

Geometric Topology 2019-03-26 v2 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we show that Alexander polynomials for any 2-bridge knots are specializations of cluster variables. A key tool is an ancestral triangle which appeared in both quantum topology and hyperbolic geometry in different ways.

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@article{arxiv.1812.02434,
  title  = {Cluster variables, ancestral triangles and Alexander polynomials},
  author = {Wataru Nagai and Yuji Terashima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.02434},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

33 pages: typos corrected, detailed examples added in section 4

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