An Introduction To Knot Theory - W.B.Raymond Lickorish

A Selection Of Topics Which Graduate Students Have Found To Be A Successful Introduction To The Field, Employing Three Distinct Techniques: Geometric Topology Manoeuvres, Combinatorics, And Algebraic Topology. Each Topic Is Developed Until Significant Results Are Achieved And Each Chapter Ends With Exercises And Brief Accounts Of The Latest Research. What May Reasonably Be Referred To As Knot Theory Has Expanded Enormously Over The Last Decade And, While The Author Describes Important Discoveries Throughout The Twentieth Century, The Latest Discoveries Such As Quantum Invariants Of 3-manifolds As Well As Generalisations And Applications Of The Jones Polynomial Are Also Included, Presented In An Easily Intelligible Style.