Geometry/Topology
The L2-Alexander invariant detects the unknot
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 351 (2013) no. 5-6, pp. 215-219.

The aim of this note is to prove that the L2-Alexander invariant, a knot invariant defined using L2-torsions, detects the unknot.

Le but de cette note est de démontrer que lʼinvariant dʼAlexander L2, un invariant de nœuds défini via des torsions L2, détecte le nœud trivial.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.crma.2013.03.009
Ben Aribi, Fathi 1

1 Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu–Paris Rive gauche, université Paris-Diderot (Paris-7), UFR de mathématiques, case 7012, bâtiment Sophie-Germain, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France
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Ben Aribi, Fathi. The $ {L}^{2}$-Alexander invariant detects the unknot. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 351 (2013) no. 5-6, pp. 215-219. doi : 10.1016/j.crma.2013.03.009. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.crma.2013.03.009/

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