The Thurston norm and twisted Alexander polynomials

By Stefan Friedl, Stefano Vidussi. 2012

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Using recent results of Agol, Przytycki-Wise and Wise we show that twisted Alexander polynomials detect the Thurston norm of any irreducible 3-manifold which is not a closed graph manifold.

Subfields: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics

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