Hopf algebras and invariants of combed and framed 3-manifolds

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-178

  Benvenuti, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Branched standard spine; Combing; Framing; Heegaard diagram; Hopf algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034413973     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216500000074     Document Type: Article

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