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THE UNIVERSAL CHARACTER RING OF THE (-2, 2m + 1, 2n)-PRETZEL LINK

ANH T. TRAN

Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129167X13500638Cited by:8 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We explicitly calculate the universal character ring of the (-2, 2m + 1, 2n)-pretzel link and show that it is reduced for all integers m and n.

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AMSC: 57M27

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