Remarks on the A-polynomial of a knot

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 609-628

  Cooper, D ^a   Long, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary slope; Knot; Newton polygon; Polynomial; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524462     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216596000357     Document Type: Review

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