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Invariants of graphs and their applications to knot theory

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 1474)

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  • Dual Graph
  • Link Type
  • Signed Graph
  • Jones Polynomial
  • Span Subgraph

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Murasugi, K. (1991). Invariants of graphs and their applications to knot theory. In: Jackowski, S., Oliver, B., Pawałowski, K. (eds) Algebraic Topology Poznań 1989. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1474. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0084739

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