2009/11/12 by Ross Elliot, Elliot, Ross
Computer Science · Mathematics · #57M25 (Primary) #57M27 (Secondary) #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #FOS: Mathematics #General Topology (math.GN) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #math.AT #math.GN #msc:57M25 #msc:57M27 #semigroups and automata theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.2273
Princeton University undergraduate thesis
openalex publication_date 2009/11/12 · arxiv created 2009/11/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In 1971, Kunio Murasugi proved a necessary condition on a knot's Alexander polynomial for that knot to be periodic of prime power order. In this paper I present an alternate proof of Murasugi's condition which is subsequently used to extend his result to the twisted Alexander polynomial.