The Alexander polynomial for Virtual Twist Knots
Abstract
We define a family of virtual knots generalizing the classical twist knots. We develop a recursive formula for the Alexander polynomial 0 (as defined by Silver and Williams) of these virtual twist knots. These results are applied to provide evidence for a conjecture that the odd writhe of a virtual knot can be obtained from 0.
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