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040			_aCSL _beng _cCSL
041			_aeng
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100			_aKauffman, Louis H. _91116849
245		0	_aKnots and physics
250			_a4th
260			_aSingapore: _bWorld Scientific, _c2013.
300			_axviii, 846p. _b: ill.
490			_aKnots and everything
500			_aReferences 513-529p.; Index 835-846p.
520			_aThis invaluable book is an introduction to knot and link invariants as generalized amplitudes for a quasi-physical process. The demands of knot theory, coupled with a quantum-statistical framework, create a context that naturally and powerfully includes an extraordinary range of interrelated topics in topology and mathematical physics. The author takes a primarily combinatorial stance toward knot theory and its relations with these subjects. This stance has the advantage of providing direct access to the algebra and to the combinatorial topology, as well as physical ideas.The book is divided into two parts: Part I is a systematic course on knots and physics starting from the ground up, and Part II is a set of lectures on various topics related to Part I. Part II includes topics such as frictional properties of knots, relations with combinatorics, and knots in dynamical systems.In this new edition, an article on Virtual Knot Theory and Khovanov Homology has beed added.
650			_aKnots _91116850
650			_a Theory of hitches _91116851
650			_aPhysics
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