Publication details

Friedl, Stefan & Powell, Mark (2020). Homotopy ribbon concordance and Alexander polynomials. Archiv der Mathematik 115(6): 717-725.

• Publication type: Journal Article
• ISSN/ISBN: 0003-889X, 1420-8938
• DOI: 10.1007/s00013-020-01517-5
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Author(s) from Durham

• Mark Powell

Abstract

We show that if a link J in the 3-sphere is homotopy ribbon concordant to a link L, then the Alexander polynomial of L divides the Alexander polynomial of J.