Representations of Knot Groups and Twisted Alexander Polynomials

Authors
Lin, Xiao Song
Citation
Lin, Xiao Song, Representations of Knot Groups and Twisted Alexander Polynomials, Acta mathematica Sinica. English series (Print) , 17(2), 2000, pp. 361-380
Journal title
Acta mathematica Sinica. English series (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
14398516
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
361 - 380
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We present a twisted version of the Alexander polynomial associated with a matrix representation of the knot group. Examples of two knots with the same Alexander module but different twisted Alexander polynomials are given.