Twisted Alexander polynomials of 2-bridge knots associated to metacyclic representations

dc.creatorHirasawa, Mikami
dc.creatorMurasugi, Kunio
dc.date2009-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:48:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:48:01Z
dc.descriptionLet p be an odd prime and D_p a dihedral group of order 2p. Let ρ: G(K) --> D_p --> GL(p,Z) be a non-abelian representation of the knot group G(K) of a knot K in 3-sphere. Let Δ_{ρ,K} (t) be the twisted Alexander polynomial of K associated to ρ. Let H(p) is the set of 2-bridge knots K, such that G(K) is mapped onto a non-trivial free product Z/2 * Z/p. Then we prove that for any 2-bridge knot K in H(p), Δ_{ρ,K}(t) is of the form Δ_{K}(t)/(1-t) f(t) f(-t) for some integer polynomial f(t), where Δ_K (t) is the Alexander polynomial of K. Further, it is proved that f(t) \equiv {Δ_K (t)/(1+t)}^n (mod p). Later we discuss the twisted Alexander polynomial associated to the general metacyclic representation.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0147
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0147
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221913
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject57M25,57M27
dc.titleTwisted Alexander polynomials of 2-bridge knots associated to metacyclic representations
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