Properties of closed 3-braids and braid representations of links. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Stoimenow.
• Authors: Stoimenow, Alexander
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries, basic definitions and conventions -- 3. Xu's form and Seifert surfaces -- 4. Polynomial invariants -- 5. Positivity of 3-braid links -- 6. Studying alternating links by braid index -- 7. Applications of the representation theory -- Appendix.-References.-Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 514/.224; Mathematics; Braid theory; Braid theory; Mathematics -- Topology; Mathematics -- Algebra -- Abstract; Mathematics -- Mathematical Analysis; Topology; Groups & group theory; Complex analysis, complex variables; Topological Groups; Topology; Group theory; Differential equations, partial; Mathematics -- Group Theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319681498; 3319681494
• Related ISBNs: 9783319681481; 3319681486
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 6, 2017).
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