Classical roots of knot theory

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 531-545

  Przytycki, Józef H ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GRAPH THEORY;

KNOT THEORY;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 0032047473     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(97)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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