Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4669356 Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques 2008 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper, we describe the twisted Alexander polynomial of twist knots for nonabelian SL(2,C)-representations and investigate in detail the coefficient of the highest degree term as a function on the representation space of the knot group. In particular, we introduce the notion of monic representation and discuss its relation to the fiberedness of knots.

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