On a Structural Property of the Groups of Alternating Links

Jr, E. J. Mayland ; Murasugi, Kunio

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 28 (1976) no. 3, pp. 568-588

Résumé

In this paper, we will prove, as a consequence of the main theorem,THEOREM A. (See Corollary 2.6). The group of an alternating knot, for which the leading coefficient of the knot polynomial is a prime power, is residually finite and solvable.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1976-056-8

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