Alexander polynomial of a knot (${\Delta }_K(t)$)

Up to multiplication by a unit $\pm t^n$, the Alexander polynomial isIt satisfies ${\Delta }_K(t^{-1})\doteq {\Delta }_K(t)$ and ${\Delta }_K(1)=\pm 1$.

The knot determinant is $|{\Delta }_K(-1)|=|\det (A+A^T)|$. It is also the order of the first homology of the two-fold cover of $S^3$ branched over $K$.