Algorithms for recognizing knots and 3-manifolds
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Algorithms for recognizing knots and 3-manifolds
Algorithms are of interest to geometric topologists for two reasons. First, they have bearing on the decidability of a problem. Certain topological questions, such as finding a classification of four dimensional manifolds, admit no solution. It is important to know if other problems fall into this category. Secondly, the discovery of a reasonably efficient algorithm can lead to a computer progr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0960-0779
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0779(97)00109-4