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A Survey on the Differential and Symplectic Geometry of Linking Numbers

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The aim of the present survey mainly consists in illustrating some recently emerged differential and symplectic geometric aspects of the ordinary and higher order linking numbers of knot theory, within the modern geometrical and topological framework, constantly referring to their multifaceted physical origins and interpretations.

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  1. Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Università di Padova, Via Belzoni 7, 35131, Padova, Italy

    Mauro Spera

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Lecture held in the Seminario Matematico e Fisico on May 2, 2005

Received: May 2006

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Spera, M. A Survey on the Differential and Symplectic Geometry of Linking Numbers. Milan j. math. 74, 139–197 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00032-006-0061-5

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