New York Journal of Mathematics
Volume 20 (2014) 183-194

  

Khaled Qazaqzeh, Isam Al-Darabsah, and Aisheh Quraan

The signature of rational links

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Published: February 17, 2014
Keywords: Rational links, link signature
Subject: 57M27

Abstract
We give an explicit formula for the signature of any rational link in terms of the denominators of the canonical continued fraction of its slope.

Author information

Khaled Qazaqzeh:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 5969, Safat-13060, Kuwait, State of Kuwait
khaled@sci.kuniv.edu.kw

Isam Al-Darabsah:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, P.O. Box 4200, CANADA
isam.matter@gmail.com

Aisheh Quraan:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 21163
qaiush@yahoo.com