Burau maps and twisted Alexander polynomials
arXiv:1510.06678
Abstract
The Burau representation of the braid group can be used to recover the Alexander polynomial of the closure of a braid. We define twisted Burau maps and use them to compute twisted Alexander polynomials.
arXiv comment20 pages, 3 figures; v2: minor changes, to appear in Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc