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Introduction to Knot Theory

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ISBN: 9780486468945

by Crowell, Richard H.; Fox, Ralph H.

ISBN13: 9780486468945
ISBN10: 0486468941
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2008-09-27
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Hailed by theBulletin of the American Mathematical Societyas "a very welcome addition to the mathematical literature," this text is appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Written by two internationally renowned mathematicians, it offers an accessible treatment that requires no previous knowledge of algebraic topology. 1963 edition.

Author Biography

A topologist and the world's foremost knot theorist, the late Ralph H. Fox was on the faculty at Princeton University. The late Richard H. Crowell was a Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College.

Prerequisites

Chapter 1. Knots and Knot Types

Chapter 2. The Fundamental Group

Chapter 3. The Free Groups

Chapter 4. Presentation of Groups

Chapter 5. Calculation of Fundamental Groups

Chapter 6. Presentation of a Knot Group

Chapter 7. The Free Calculus and the Elementary Ideals

Chapter 8. The Knot Polynomials

Chapter 9. Characteristic Properties of the Knot Polynomials

Appendix I. Differentiable Knots are Tame

Appendix II. Categories and groupoids

Appendix III. Proof of the van Kampen theorem

Guide to the Literature

Bibliography

Index

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