Rings of SL2(ℂ)-characters and the Kauffman bracket skein module

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 521-542

  Bullock, Doug ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 manifold; Knot; Link; Representation theory; Skein theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031474059     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000140050032     Document Type: Article

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