The regular projective solution space of the figure-eight knot complement

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-234

  Matsumoto, Saburo ^a   Rannard, Richard ^b  

^a Belhaven College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immersions; Normal surfaces; Projective solution space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348627     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2000.10504647     Document Type: Article

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