Factorisation is not unique for higher dimensional knots

DOI10.1007/BF02566708zbMath0477.57012MaRDI QIDQ1160947

Eva Bayer-Fluckiger

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/139847

zbMATH Keywords

simple knotsHermitian pairing over a ring of algebraic integersnon-unique factorisations for higher dimensional knotsS- equivalence of the Seifert matrixsymmetric pairing on a finite abelian group with automorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Class numbers of quadratic and Hermitian forms (11E41) General binary quadratic forms (11E16)

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