• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.591-604
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• 2018

We consider a family of ribbon 2-knots with trivial Alexander polynomial. We give nonabelian SL(2, C)-representations from the groups of these knots, and then calculate the twisted Alexander polynomials associated to these representations, which allows us to classify this family of knots.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.929-934
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• 2013

In this short note we discuss degrees of twisted Alexander polynomials and demonstrate an explicit example of a closed 3-manifold which is related to the degree formula due to Friedl, Kim and Kitayama.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.245-264
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• 2012

We determine lens surgeries (i.e. Dehn surgery yielding a lens space) along the n-twisted Whitehead link. To do so, we first give necessary conditions to yield a lens space from the Alexander polynomial of the link as: (1) n = 1 (i.e. the Whitehead link), and (2) one of surgery coefficients is 1, 2 or 3. Our interests are not only lens surgery itself but also how to apply the Alexander polynomial for this kind of problems.