Instanton homology and the Alexander polynomial
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Abstract:
We prove that the instanton knot homology $KHI(K)$ as defined by Kronheimer-Mrowka recovers the Alexander polynomial for knots $K$ in the 3-sphere.References
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Additional Information
- Yuhan Lim
- Affiliation: Murphys, California 95247
- Email: ylim583@yahoo.com
- Received by editor(s): July 28, 2009
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 30, 2009, and January 26, 2010
- Published electronically: May 19, 2010
- Communicated by: Daniel Ruberman
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American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 3759-3768
- MSC (2010): Primary 57R58, 57M27
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10412-4
- MathSciNet review: 2661575