The knot book : an elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of knots /

Adams, Colin Conrad.

The knot book : an elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of knots / Colin C. Adams. - Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, [2004] - xiii, 306 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

"Originally published by W.H. Freeman and Company ... reprinted with corrections in 2004 by the American Mathematical Society"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Tabulating knots -- 3. Invariants of knots -- 4. Surfaces and knots -- 5. Types of knots -- 6. Polynomials -- 7. Biology, chemistry, and physics -- 8. Knots, links, and graphs -- 9. Topology -- 10. Higher dimensional knotting.

0821836781 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 9780821836781 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Knot theory.

QA612.2 / .A33 2004

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