Knots and Surfaces

by Porter Gilbert and T. Porter

Book Overview

This highly readable text details the interaction between the mathematical theory of knots and the theories of surfaces and group presentations. It expertly introduces several topics critical to the development of pure mathematics while providing an account of math "in action" in an unusual context. Beginning with a simple diagrammatic approach to the study of knots that reflects the artistic and geometric appeal of interlaced forms, Knots and Surfaces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198514905
• ISBN13: 9780198514909
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"