Arc presentations of knots and links

Peter Cromwell

Banach Center Publications (1998)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 1, page 57-64
  • ISSN: 0137-6934

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s paper presents some examples and a survey of results concerning a new way of presenting knots and links, together with the corresponding link invariant. More detailed accounts are given in [Cr, C-N, Nu1, Nu2, Nu3].

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Cromwell, Peter. "Arc presentations of knots and links." Banach Center Publications 42.1 (1998): 57-64. <http://eudml.org/doc/208825>.

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