Tangle equations

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-159

  Ernst, C ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knots; Tangles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642280929     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216596000114     Document Type: Article

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