Combinatorics and topology - François Jaeger's work in knot theory

Louis H. Kauffman

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1999)

  • Volume: 49, Issue: 3, page 927-953
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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François Jaeger found a number of beautiful connections between combinatorics and the topology of knots and links, culminating in an intricate relationship between link invariants and the Bose-Mesner algebra of an association scheme. This paper gives an introduction to this connection.

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Kauffman, Louis H.. "Combinatorics and topology - François Jaeger's work in knot theory." Annales de l'institut Fourier 49.3 (1999): 927-953. <http://eudml.org/doc/75371>.

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