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Introduction to Knot Theory.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer New York,
1997.
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| Edition: | N. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Graduate Texts in Mathematics; An Introduction to Knot Theory; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 A Beginning for Knot Theory; 2 Seifert Surfaces and Knot Factorisation; 3 The Jones Polynomial; 4 Geometry of Alternating Links; 5 The Jones Polynomial of an Alternating Link; 6 The Alexander Polynomial; 7 Covering Spaces; 8 The Conway Polynomial, Signatures and Slice Knots; 9 Cyclic Branched Covers and the Goeritz Matrix; 10 The Arf Invariant and the Jones Polynomial; 11 The Fundamental Group; 12 Obtaining 3-Manifolds by Surgery on S3; 13 3-Manifold Invariants from the Jones Polynomial.
- 14 Methods for Calculating Quantum Invariants15 Generalisations of the Jones Polynomial; 16 Exploring the HOMFLY and Kauffman Polynomials; References; Index.