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Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial

Geometric Topology 2009-07-27 v2

Abstract

We prove that the instanton knot homology KHI(K) as defined by Kronheimer and Mrowka (Knots, sutures and excision, preprint), recovers the Alexander polynomial for knots K in the 3-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.0907.4185,
  title  = {Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial},
  author = {Yuhan Lim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.4185},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, minor reorganization