Knot theory investigates the embeddings of closed curves in three-dimensional space and employs algebraic structures to capture their essential features. At its core, the knot group, together with ...

When Lisa Piccirillo solved a decades-old mystery about the “Conway knot,” she had to overcome the knot’s uncanny ability to hoodwink some of the most powerful tools mathematicians have devised. Known ...

THIS excellent book gives a survey of a field which has come into great prominence during the present century for two quite different reasons. First, the theory of relativity has compelled physicists ...