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Character varieties of odd classical pretzel knots

Department of Mathematics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, P. R. China

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129167X1850060XCited by:6 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We determine the $SL (2, ℂ)$ -character variety for each odd classical pretzel knot $P (2 k_{1} + 1, 2 k_{2} + 1, 2 k_{3} + 1)$ , and present a method for computing its A-polynomial.

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AMSC: 57M25, 57M27

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