Algorithmic unsolvability of the triviality problem for multidimensional knots

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 426-434

  Nabutovsky, Alexander ^a,b   Weinberger, Shmuel ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039340181     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02566428     Document Type: Article

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