An Introduction to Quantum and Vassiliev Knot Invariants

• Main Authors: Jackson, David M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Moffatt, Iain (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: CMS Books in Mathematics, Ouvrages de mathématiques de la SMC,
• Subjects: Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Nonassociative rings.; Rings (Algebra).; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).; Non-associative Rings and Algebras.

This book provides an accessible introduction to knot theory, focussing on Vassiliev invariants, quantum knot invariants constructed via representations of quantum groups, and how these two apparently distinct theories come together through the Kontsevich invariant. Consisting of four parts, the boo...