Download or read book Knots '96: Proceedings Of The Fifth International Research Institute Of Mathematical Society Of Japan written by S Suzuki and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-04-19 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the proceedings of an international conference on knot theory held in July 1996 at Waseda University Conference Center. It was organised by the International Research Institute of Mathematical Society of Japan. The conference was attended by nearly 180 mathematicians from Japan and 14 other countries. Most of them were specialists in knot theory. The volume contains 43 papers, which deal with significant current research in knot theory, low-dimensional topology and related topics.The volume includes papers by the following invited speakers: G Burde, R Fenn, L H Kauffman, J Levine, J M Montesinos(-A), H R Morton, K Murasugi, T Soma, and D W Sumners.