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Knots and complex systems

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Complex Systems and Binary Networks

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This paper is a survey of topics in knot theory from the point of view of complex systems.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street, 60607-7045, Chicago, IL

    Louis H. Kauffman

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Ramón López-Peña Henri Waelbroeck Riccardo Capovilla Ricardo García-Pelayo Federico Zertuche

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Kauffman, L.H. (1995). Knots and complex systems. In: López-Peña, R., Waelbroeck, H., Capovilla, R., García-Pelayo, R., Zertuche, F. (eds) Complex Systems and Binary Networks. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 461-461. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0103570

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