TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lickorish, W. B. Raymond
TI  - An introduction to knot theory
SN  - 038798254X
U1  - 514.2242 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Knot theory
N1  - 1. A beginning for knot theory --
2. Seifert surfaces and knot factorisation --
3. The Jones polynomial --
4. Geometry of alternating links --
5. The Jones polynomial of an alternating link --
6. The Alexander polynomial --
7. Covering spaces --
8. The Conway polynomial, signatures and slice knots --
9. Cyclic branched covers and the Goeritz matrix --
10. The Arf invariant and the Jones polynomial --
11. The fundamental group --
12. Obtaining 3-manifolds by surgery on S3 --
13. 3-manifold invariants from the Jones polynomial --
14. Methods for calculating quantum invariants --
15. Generalisations of the Jones polynomial --
16. Exploring the HOMFLY and Kauffman polynomials
ER  -