Alexander polynomials of non-locally-flat knots
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Alexander polynomials of non-locally-flat knots
We generalize the classical study of Alexander polynomials of smooth or PL locally-flat knots to PL knots that are not necessarily locally-flat. We introduce three families of generalized Alexander polynomials and study their properties. For knots with point singularities, we obtain a classification of these polynomials that is complete except for one special low-dimensional case. This classifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indiana University Mathematics Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-2518
DOI: 10.1512/iumj.2003.52.2359