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Alexander And Conway Polynomials Of Torus Knots, Katherine Ellen Louise Agle
Alexander And Conway Polynomials Of Torus Knots, Katherine Ellen Louise Agle
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We disprove the conjecture that if K is amphicheiral and K is concordant to K', then CK'(z)CK'(iz)CK\(z2) is a perfect square inside the ring of power series with integer coefficients. The Alexander polynomial of (p,q)-torus knots are found to be of the form AT(p,q)(t)= (f(tq))/(f(t)) where f(t)=1+t+t2+...+tp-1. Also, for (pn,q)-torus knots, the Alexander polynomial factors into the form AT(pn ,q)=f(t)f(tp)f(tp2 )...f(tpn-2 )f(tpn-1 ). A new conversion from the Alexander polynomial to the …