Elementary knot theory

zbMATH Open1393.57002arXiv1604.03778MaRDI QIDQ5283612FDOQ5283612

Authors: Marc Lackenby 

Publication date: 24 July 2017

Abstract: The aim of this survey article is to highlight several notoriously intractable problems about knots and links, as well as to provide a brief discussion of what is known about them.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03778

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zbMATH Keywords

Khovanov homologycrossing numberrecognition algorithmReidemeister movesrelatively hyperbolic groupsPachner movesgeometric structuresHeegard Floer homologynormal surfacesunknitting number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02)

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