Formal Knot Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Description
This exploration of combinatorics and knot theory is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The author, Louis H. Kauffman, is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Kauffman draws upon his work as a topologist to illustrate the relationships between knot theory and statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and algebra, as well as the role of knot theory in combinatorics.Featured topics include state, trails, and the clock theorem; state polynomials and the duality conjecture; knots and links...
ISBN(s)
048645052X, 9780486450520
