An explicit formula for the A-polynomial of twist knots

2014/03/09 by Daniel V. Mathews, Mathews, Daniel V.
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #math.GT

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1403.2020

4 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2014/03/09 · arxiv updated 2014/03/11

Abstract

We extend Hoste-Shanahan's calculations for the A-polynomial of twist knots, to give an explicit formula.

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