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This exploration of combinatorics and knot theory is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The author draws upon his work as a topologist to illustrate the relationships between knot theory and statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and algebra, as well as the role of knot theory in combinatorics. 1983 edition. Includes 51 illustrations.Kauffman, Louis H. is the author of 'Formal Knot Theory', published 2006 under ISBN 9780486450520 and ISBN 048645052X.
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