Non-triviality of the $M$-degree of the $A$-polynomial

Abstract

This note gives a proof that the $A$-polynomial of any nontrivial knot in $S^3$ has nontrivial $M$-degree.

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References in corpus (1)

• The SL(2,C) Casson invariant for Dehn surgeries on two-bridge knots

Cited by in corpus (2)

• The SL(2,C) Casson invariant for knots and the $\hat{A}$-polynomial
• The A-polynomial And Holonomy Perturbations