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The Knot Book : an Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots by Colin Conrad Adams is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Over a century old, knot theory is today one of the most active areas of modern mathematics. The study of knots has led to important applications in DNA research and the synthesis of new molecules. And it is having a significant impact on statistical mechanics and quantum field theory." "Many of the problems discussed in knot theory, including those treated here, can be understood with only a background of high school algebra and can be solved by the curious amateur. All you need to begin is a piece of string, a little math, a little imagination, and Colin Adams's The Knot Book - the first book to make cutting-edge research in knot theory accessible to a nonspecialist audience." "What are the different properties and classifications of knots? How do you determine whether a knot is actually knotted or can be untangled? What is the appropriate measure of the complexity of a knot? What does knot theory research offer to other sciences? In The Knot Book Colin Adams describes and illustrates the work being done to answer these questions. Starting with the simplest knot (the trivial knot or unknot), Adams guides readers through increasingly more intricate twists and turns of knot theory

Who reads The Knot Book : an Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots?

Author

Colin Conrad Adams

Publisher

W. H. Freeman and Company

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780716723936

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Science, Physics