Does the Jones polynomial detect unknottedness?

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Dasbach, Oliver T ^a   Hougardy, Stefan ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0031287705     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.1997.10504350     Document Type: Article

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