Enumerating the prime alternating knots, part I

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-100

  Rankin, Stuart ^a   Flint, Ortho ^a   Schermann, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 7244258834     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216504003044     Document Type: Article

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