Explicit formulation of a third order finite knot invariant derived from Chern-Simons theory

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 805-847

  Hirshfeld, Allen C ^a   Sassenberg, Uwe ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chern Simons Theory; Knots; Vassiliev Invariant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642316604     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216596000448     Document Type: Article

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