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On the Construction of Knots and Links from Thompson’s Groups

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Knots, Low-Dimensional Topology and Applications (KNOTS16 2016)

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We review recent developments in the theory of Thompson group representations related to knot theory.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Vaughan F. R. Jones

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA

    Colin C. Adams

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Cameron McA. Gordon

  3. Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Vaughan F.R. Jones

  4. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Louis H. Kauffman

  5. School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Sofia Lambropoulou

  6. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Kenneth C. Millett

  7. Department of Mathematics, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Jozef H. Przytycki

  8. Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Renzo Ricca

  9. Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Radmila Sazdanovic

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Jones, V.F.R. (2019). On the Construction of Knots and Links from Thompson’s Groups. In: Adams, C., et al. Knots, Low-Dimensional Topology and Applications. KNOTS16 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 284. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16031-9_3

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