AN INVESTIGATION OF ALEXANDER POLYNOMIALS

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dc.contributor.advisorWashington, Lawrence Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorHorvath, Justina E.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMathematicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-11T10:15:16Z
dc.date.available2005-10-11T10:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2005-08-03en_US
dc.description.abstractWe explore the Alexander polynomial for a knot. We prove that an arbitrary reciprocal polynomial with integral coefficients that sum to one exists as an Alexander polynomial for some knot. In addition, we explore parallels between the Alexander and Weil polynomials.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2899
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMathematicsen_US
dc.titleAN INVESTIGATION OF ALEXANDER POLYNOMIALSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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