• Accepted : 2011.11.23
• Published : 2012.09.23
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#### Abstract

We determine lens surgeries (i.e. Dehn surgery yielding a lens space) along the n-twisted Whitehead link. To do so, we first give necessary conditions to yield a lens space from the Alexander polynomial of the link as: (1) n = 1 (i.e. the Whitehead link), and (2) one of surgery coefficients is 1, 2 or 3. Our interests are not only lens surgery itself but also how to apply the Alexander polynomial for this kind of problems.

#### Keywords

Dehn surgery;lens space;Reidemeister torsion;Alexander polynomial;Rolfsen move

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