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The profinite completions of knot groups determine the Alexander polynomials

Geometric Topology 2018-08-29 v7 General Topology Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We study several properties of the completed group ring Z^[[tZ^]]\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}[[t^{\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}}]] and the completed Alexander modules of knots. Then we prove that if the profinite completions of the groups of two knots JJ and KK are isomorphic, then their Alexander polynomials ΔJ(t)\Delta_J(t) and ΔK(t)\Delta_K(t) coincide.

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@article{arxiv.1702.03836,
  title  = {The profinite completions of knot groups determine the Alexander polynomials},
  author = {Jun Ueki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.03836},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages