An Introduction to Quantum and Vassiliev Knot Invariants by David M. JacksonEnglish | EPUB | 2019 | 425 Pages | ISBN : 3030052125 | 27.31 MB
This book provides an accessible introduction to knot theory, focussing on Vassiliev invariants, quantum knot invariants constructed via representations of quantum groups, and how these two apparently distinct theories come together through the Kontsevich invariant.