Rational tangle distances on knots and links

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 497-510

  Darcy, Isabel K ^a   Sumners, De Witt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044520009     PISSN: 03050041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305004199004375     Document Type: Article

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