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Twisted Alexander polynomial for the Braid group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Takayuki Morifuji
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of TokyoKomaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153–8914, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper, we study the twisted Alexander polynomial, due to Wada [11], for the Jones representations [6] of Artin's braid group.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2001

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