An Invitation to Knot Theory: Virtual and Classical

An Invitation to Knot Theory: Virtual and Classical
ISBN-10
1315360098
ISBN-13
9781315360096
Category
Mathematics
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2018-09-03
Publisher
CRC Press
Author
Heather A. Dye

Description

The Only Undergraduate Textbook to Teach Both Classical and Virtual Knot Theory An Invitation to Knot Theory: Virtual and Classical gives advanced undergraduate students a gentle introduction to the field of virtual knot theory and mathematical research. It provides the foundation for students to research knot theory and read journal articles on their own. Each chapter includes numerous examples, problems, projects, and suggested readings from research papers. The proofs are written as simply as possible using combinatorial approaches, equivalence classes, and linear algebra. The text begins with an introduction to virtual knots and counted invariants. It then covers the normalized f-polynomial (Jones polynomial) and other skein invariants before discussing algebraic invariants, such as the quandle and biquandle. The book concludes with two applications of virtual knots: textiles and quantum computation.

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