Author : Kunio Murasugi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : MATHEMATICS
ISBN : 1470400855
Index of a Graph with Applications to Knot Theory by Kunio Murasugi Pdf
This book presents a remarkable application of graph theory to knot theory. In knot theory, there are a number of easily defined geometric invariants that are extremely difficult to compute; the braid index of a knot or link is one example. The authors evaluate the braid index for many knots and links using the generalized Jones polynomial and the index of a graph, a new invariant introduced here. This invariant, which is determined algorithmically, is likely to be of particular interest to computer scientists.