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For a gentile introduction, Colin Adams's "The Knot Book" is very accessible (and builds up the notion of polynomial invariants step by step).
by MarkusQ 1y ago
For a gentile introduction, Colin Adams's "The Knot Book" is very accessible (and builds up the notion of polynomial invariants step by step).
- bikenaga 1y agoYep, just noticed it's on my shelf - nice book! He describes Conway's approach to computing the Alexander polynomial using just two rules - a lot simpler than the technical stuff in Crowell and Fox.