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 Jan-11-07, 11:50 AM (EST)
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"are there Alexander polynomials ?"
 
   Hello,

Are there Alexander polynomials for knots besides the trefoil and four knot

For the trefoil it is x^2-x+1

XS

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1. "RE: are there Alexander polynomials ?"
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   There are several examples at

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlexanderPolynomial.html

and a definition with a nice explanation in

C. Livingston, Knot Theory, MAA, 1993


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Pierre Charland
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 Jan-18-07, 09:54 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: are there Alexander polynomials ?"
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   About Alexander polynomials:

https://www.indiana.edu/~knotinfo/

https://www.indiana.edu/~knotinfo/results.cgi?knots=3-6&knots=7&knots=8&knots=9&knots=10&knots=11a&knots=11n&name=1&alexander_polynomial=1&option=html

https://katlas.math.toronto.edu/wiki/The_Alexander-Conway_Polynomial

https://www.ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~stoimeno/ptab/index.html

https://www.math.jmu.edu/~taal/OJUPKT/lopez.pdf

AlphaChapMtl


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