Classical Knot Theory
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چکیده
This paper is a very brief introduction to knot theory. It describes knot coloring by quandles, the fundamental group of a knot complement, and handle-decompositions of knot complements.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Symmetry
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012