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Nonabelian representations and signatures of double twist knots

Anh T. Tran

Anh T. Tran

Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

E-mail Address: att140830@utdallas.edu

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216516400137Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A conjecture of Riley about the relationship between real parabolic representations and signatures of two-bridge knots is verified for double twist knots.

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AMSC: 57M27, 57N10

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