Algebraic Structure of Knot Modules

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772 Jerome P. Levine

Algebraic Structure of Knot Modules II

I

III II

I III

Author Jerome P. Levine Department of Mathematics Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02154 USA

AMS Subject Classifications (1980): 13C05, 57 Q 4 5

ISBN 3 - 5 4 0 - 0 9 ? 3 9 - 2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork ISBN 0 - 3 8 ? - 0 9 ? 3 9 - 2 Springer-Verlag NewYork Heidelberg Berlin Library of Congress Cataloging in PublicationData Levine,JeromeP 193?Algebraic structure of knot modules. (Lecture notes in mathematics;772) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Knot theory. 2. Modules(Algebra)3. Invariants. I. Title. II. Series: Lecture notes in mathematics(Berlin); 772. QA3.L28 no. 772 [QA612.2] 510s [514'.224] 80-246 ISBN 0-38?-09?39-2 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980 Printed in Germany

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Introduction i.

The

derived

exact

2.

Finite

3.

Realization

4.

A. of i

5.

Product

6.

Classification

7.

Rational

8.

Z-torsion-free

9.

H-only

sequences

1 4

modules of

finite

finite

modules

6 8

modules

structure

on

of

finite

derived

modules

product

9 16

structure

18

invariants modules

20

torsion

21

I0.

Statement

of

realization

ii.

Inductive

construction

12.

Inductive

recovery

of

13.

Homogeneous

and

elementary

14.

Realization

of

15.

Classification

16.

Completion

17.

Classification

of

18.

Classification

fails

i9.

Product

20.

Classification

21.

Realization

22.

Product

of

of

derived

derived

sequences

24 26

sequences

32

modules

elementary of

23

theorem

34

modules

elementary

36

modules

proof

structure

structure

H-primary

on of

of

39

in

product on

degree

H-primary

product

40

modules 4

46

modules

48 53

structure structure

semi-homogeneous

on

homogeneous modules

modules

59 68

JV

23.

A

non-semi-homogeneous

24.

Rational

25.

Non-singular

26.

Norm

27.

Dedekind

28.

A

29.

Computation

30.

Determination

of

ideal

class

31.

The

symmetric

case

classification

for

quadratic

over

reduction

domain

lattice

75 85 88 90 92

criterion

low-degree

structure

a Dedekind

p-adic

Dedekind of

product

a non-singular

criterion:

computable

References

of

lattices

criterion

70

module

cases group

95 96 98 102

INTRODUCTION In the study of n-dimensional spheres

in (n + 2)-space,

A-modules

AI,

..., A n

A = Z[t, t-l], These modules

knots,

one encounters

(the Alexander

i.e.

imbedded n-

a collection

modules),

of

where

the ring of integral Laurent polynomials. encompass

many of the classical

knot invari-

ants. T