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999			_c170314 _d170314
020			_a038798254X
040			_cCUS
082			_a514.2242 _bLIC/I
100			_aLickorish, W. B. Raymond
245		3	_aAn introduction to knot theory/ _cW.B. Raymond Lickorish
260			_aNew York: _bSpringer, _cc1997.
300			_ax, 201 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440			_a(Graduate texts in mathematics), _v175
505			_a1. 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.
650			_aKnot theory
942			_cWB16