Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 141 4 b Solution 2026-10-03
The manifold is obtained from by filling the -boundary along . The filling core represents in . The Turaev-torsion Dehn-filling formula therefore givesSince a knot exterior has first Betti number one, its normalized Turaev torsion isSubstitution proves
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 141 4 c Solution 2026-10-03
The Mayer--Vietoris sequence for the splice identifies the companion meridian with the pattern longitude and kills exactly the relation already killed when passing from to . It therefore gives a canonical isomorphismApply multiplicativity of Turaev torsion to the torus union defining , and use part (b) to replace the torsion of . The factors cancel against the peripheral factor from the companion exterior. Usingon the three knot exteriors leavesUnder a one-variable identification, sends the companion variable to , where is the winding number of a satellite pattern. Thus this is also the usual Satellite formula for the Alexander polynomial.