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020 _a9780511623868 (ebook)
020 _z9780521395212 (hardback)
020 _z9780521395540 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aQA612.2
_b.A85 1990
082 0 0 _a514/.224
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100 1 _aAtiyah, Michael Francis,
_d1929-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe geometry and physics of knots /
_cMichael Atiyah.
246 3 _aThe Geometry & Physics of Knots
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1990.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 78 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLezioni lincee
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThese notes arise from lectures presented in Florence under the auspices of the Accadamia dei Lincee and deal with an area that lies at the crossroads of mathematics and physics. The material presented here rests primarily on the pioneering work of Vaughan Jones and Edward Witten relating polynomial invariants of knots to a topological quantum field theory in 2+1 dimensions. Professor Atiyah here presents an introduction to Witten's ideas from the mathematical point of view. The book will be essential reading for all geometers and gauge theorists as an exposition of new and interesting ideas in a rapidly developing area.
650 0 _aKnot theory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521395212
830 0 _aLezioni lincee.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623868
999 _c516618
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