On the signature of a link

DOI10.1007/BF01609479zbMath0391.57004MaRDI QIDQ1251409

Cameron McA. Gordon, Richard A. Litherland

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/142569

zbMATH Keywords

Signature 4- Manifolds Goeritz Matrix Involutions Knot Link Quadratic Form Spanning Surface

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