The fourth Skein module and the Montesinos-Nakanishi Conjecture for 3-algebraic links

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 959-982

  Przytycki, Józef H ^a,b   Tsukamoto, Tatsuya ^a,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0035603926     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216501001281     Document Type: Article

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