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On Knots is a journey through the theory of knots, starting from the simplest combinatorial ideas--ideas arising from the representation of weaving patterns. From this beginning, topological invariants are constructed directly: first linking numbers, then the Conway polynomial and skein theory. This paves the way for later discussion of the recently discovered Jones and generalized polynomials. The central chapter, Chapter Six, is a miscellany of topics and recreations. Here the reader will find the quaternions and the belt trick, a devilish rope trick, Alhambra mosaics, Fibonacci trees, the topology of DNA, and the author's geometric interpretation of the generalized Jones Polynomial.Then come branched covering spaces, the Alexander polynomial, signature theorems, the work of Casson and Gordon on slice knots, and a chapter on knots and algebraic singularities.The book concludes with an appendix about generalized polynomials.

Knot theory --- Knots (Topology) --- Low-dimensional topology --- Knot theory. --- Algebraic topology --- 3-sphere. --- Addition theorem. --- Addition. --- Alexander polynomial. --- Algebraic variety. --- Algorithm. --- Ambient isotopy. --- Arf invariant. --- Basepoint. --- Bijection. --- Bilinear form. --- Borromean rings. --- Bracket polynomial. --- Braid group. --- Branched covering. --- Chiral knot. --- Chromatic polynomial. --- Cobordism. --- Codimension. --- Combination. --- Combinatorics. --- Complex analysis. --- Concentric. --- Conjecture. --- Connected sum. --- Conway polynomial (finite fields). --- Counting. --- Covering space. --- Cyclic group. --- Dense set. --- Determinant. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diffeomorphism. --- Dimension. --- Disjoint union. --- Disk (mathematics). --- Dual graph. --- Elementary algebra. --- Embedding. --- Enumeration. --- Existential quantification. --- Exotic sphere. --- Fibration. --- Formal power series. --- Fundamental group. --- Geometric topology. --- Geometry and topology. --- Geometry. --- Group action. --- Homotopy. --- Integer. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Isolated singularity. --- Jones polynomial. --- Knot complement. --- Knot group. --- Laws of Form. --- Lens space. --- Linking number. --- Manifold. --- Module (mathematics). --- Morwen Thistlethwaite. --- Normal bundle. --- Notation. --- Obstruction theory. --- Operator algebra. --- Pairing. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Partition function (mathematics). --- Planar graph. --- Point at infinity. --- Polynomial ring. --- Polynomial. --- Quantity. --- Rectangle. --- Reidemeister move. --- Remainder. --- Root of unity. --- Saddle point. --- Seifert surface. --- Singularity theory. --- Slice knot. --- Special case. --- Statistical mechanics. --- Substructure. --- Summation. --- Symmetry. --- Theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Topological space. --- Torus knot. --- Trefoil knot. --- Tubular neighborhood. --- Underpinning. --- Unknot. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Whitehead link. --- Wild knot. --- Writhe. --- Variétés topologiques --- Topologie combinatoire --- Theorie des noeuds