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Alexander polynomial
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Etymology
Discovered in 1923 by James Waddell Alexander.
Noun
Alexander polynomial (plural Alexander polynomials)
- (mathematics) A knot invariant which assigns a polynomial with integer coefficients to each knot type.
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