An Introduction to Knot Theory

by W.B.Raymond Lickorish and W.B. Raymond Lickorish

Book Overview

A selection of topics which graduate students have found to be a successful introduction to the field, employing three distinct techniques: geometric topology manoeuvres, combinatorics, and algebraic topology. Each topic is developed until significant results are achieved and each chapter ends with exercises and brief accounts of the latest research. What may reasonably be referred to as knot theory has expanded enormously over the last decade and,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461268699
• ISBN13: 9781461268697
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"