A knot invariant via representation spaces

DOI10.4310/jdg/1214448078zbMath0774.57007OpenAlexW1481290383WikidataQ115181269 ScholiaQ115181269MaRDI QIDQ1203615

Xiao Song Lin

Publication date: 18 February 1993

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214448078

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signaturerepresentation spacesknot invariantbraidknot groupsclosed braidspecial unitary matrices of rank two

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