Knots and physics / Louis H. Kauffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kauffman, Louis H., 1945-

Series:

K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 1.

K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knot polynomials.

Mathematical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (788 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This invaluable book is an introduction to knot and link invariants as generalised amplitudes for a quasi-physical process. The demands of knot theory, coupled with a quantum-statistical framework, create a context that naturally and powerfully includes an extraordinary range of interrelated topics in topology and mathematical physics. The author takes a primarily combinatorial stance toward knot theory and its relations with these subjects. This stance has the advantage of providing direct access to the algebra and to the combinatorial topology, as well as physical ideas.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; PART I. A SHORT COURSE OF KNOTS AND PHYSICS.; PART II. KNOTS AND PHYSICS - MISCELLANY.; APPENDIX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611869649

9781281869647

1281869643

9789812384836

9812384839

OCLC:

701832652