The first 1,701,936 knots

Mathematical Intelligencer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-48

  Hoste, Jim ^a   Thistlethwaite, Morwen ^b   Weeks, Jeff ^c  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0040635111     PISSN: 03436993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03025227     Document Type: Article

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