A Note on Alexander Polynomials of 2-Bridge Links
Geometric Topology
2019-07-10 v1
Abstract
A formula for the Alexander polynomial of a 2-bridge knot or link given by Hartley and also by Minkus has a beautiful interpretation as a walk on the integers. We extend this to the 2-variable Alexander polynomial of a 2-bridge link, obtaining a formula that corresponds to a walk on the 2-dimensional integer lattice.
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@article{arxiv.1907.03812,
title = {A Note on Alexander Polynomials of 2-Bridge Links},
author = {Jim Hoste},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.03812},
year = {2019}
}
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7 pages, 5 figures