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The third term in lens surgery polynomials

Geometric Topology 2020-05-20 v1

Abstract

It is well-known that the second coefficient of the Alexander polynomial of any lens space knot in S3S^3 is 1-1. We show that the non-zero third coefficient condition of the Alexander polynomial of a lens space knot KK in S3S^3 confines the surgery to the one realized by the (2,2g+1)(2,2g+1)-torus knot, where gg is the genus of KK. In particular, such a lens surgery polynomial coincides with ΔT(2,2g+1)(t)\Delta_{T(2,2g+1)}(t).

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@article{arxiv.2005.09004,
  title  = {The third term in lens surgery polynomials},
  author = {Motoo Tange},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09004},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures. Comments are welcome

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