The Geometry and Physics of Knots

The Geometry and Physics of Knots
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 0521395542
ISBN-13 : 9780521395540
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Book Synopsis The Geometry and Physics of Knots by : Michael Francis Atiyah

Download or read book The Geometry and Physics of Knots written by Michael Francis Atiyah and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-08-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These notes deal with an area that lies at the crossroads of mathematics and physics and rest primarily on the pioneering work of Vaughan Jones and Edward Witten, who related polynomial invariants of knots to a topological quantum field theory in 2+1 dimensions.


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