Abstract
We prove that Wada's twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot group associated to any nonabelian SL (2, F)-representation is a polynomial. As a corollary, we show that it is always a monic polynomial of degree 4g - 2 for a fibered knot of genus g.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-186 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Annali della Scuola Normale - Classe di Scienze |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 Dec 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Mathematics (miscellaneous)