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Arc presentations of knots and links

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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, England

Abstract

s paper presents some examples and a survey of results concerning a new way of presenting knots and links, together with the corresponding link invariant. More detailed accounts are given in [Cr, C-N, Nu1, Nu2, Nu3].

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Banach Center Publications
1998/42/1
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Pages:
57-64
Main language of publication
English
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences