Spin networks and the bracket polynomial

Louis Kauffman

Banach Center Publications (1998)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 1, page 187-204
  • ISSN: 0137-6934

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This paper discusses Penrose spin networks in relation to the bracket polynomial.

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Kauffman, Louis. "Spin networks and the bracket polynomial." Banach Center Publications 42.1 (1998): 187-204. <http://eudml.org/doc/208804>.

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