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knot theory - contents

• knot, link

• knot theory

• knot diagram

  • isotopy
  • Reidemeister move

• knot invariants

  • crossing number
  • bridge number
  • unknotting number
  • colorability
  • knot group
  • knot genus?
  • Jones polynomial
  • HOMFLY polynomial
  • Alexander polynomial
  • Reshetikhin-Turaev invariant?s
  • Khovanov homology
  • Kauffman bracket?
  • Vassiliev invariants

• Link Invariants

  • Milnor mu-bar invariants
  • linking number

• Examples

  • Borromean link
  • Whitehead link
  • Hopf link

• Related concepts

  • singular knot
  • Vassiliev skein relation
  • Seifert surface

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category: knot theory