Twisted Alexander polynomials detect the unknot
Geometric Topology
2009-05-21 v4
Abstract
The group of a nontrivial knot admits a finite permutation representation such that the corresponding twisted Alexander polynomial is not a unit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0604084,
title = {Twisted Alexander polynomials detect the unknot},
author = {Daniel S Silver and Susan G Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604084},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 14 November 2006