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Non-triviality of the $M$-degree of the $A$-polynomial

Hans U. Boden

Published 2014-09-04Version 1

This note gives a proof that the $A$-polynomial of any nontrivial knot in $S^3$ has nontrivial $M$-degree.

Comments: 5 pages
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 142 (2014) 2173-2177
Categories: math.GT
Subjects: 57M27, 57M25, 57M05
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