Knots and Links (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A topologist's toolkit; 3. Link diagrams; 4. Constructions and decompositions of links; 5. Spanning surfaces and genus; 6. Matrix invariants; 7. The Alexander-Conway polynomial; 8. Rational tangles; 9. More polynomials; 10. Closed braids and arc presentations; Appendix A. Knot diagrams; Appendix B. Numerical invariants; Appendix C. Properties; Appendix D. Polynomials; Appendix E. Polygon coordinates; Appendix F. Family properties; Bibliography; Index.