Studying the multivariable Alexander polynomial by means of Seifert surfaces
Geometric Topology
2012-08-09 v1
Abstract
We show how Seifert surfaces, so useful for the understanding of the Alexander polynomial \Delta_L(t), can be generalized in order to study the multivariable Alexander polynomial \Delta_L(t_1,...,t_\mu). In particular, we give an elementary and geometric proof of the Torres formula.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0406150,
title = {Studying the multivariable Alexander polynomial by means of Seifert surfaces},
author = {David Cimasoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406150},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures