MATH4900E - Seminar - 2019/20

Announcement

• W1 Sept 9: 1.1-1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5
• W2 Sept 16: 1.6; 2.1-2.2, 2.3-2.4; 3.1,
• W3 Sep 23: 3.1, 3.2-3.3, 4.1-4.2
• W4 Sept 30: 4.3; 5.1-5.2
• W6 Oct 14: Livingston 4.4-4.5, 5.3; 5.4
• W7 Oct 21: 6.1; [6.2]; 6.3-[6.4];
• W8 Oct 28: Livingston 3.3-5; Livingston 6.1, 6.2-[6.3].
• Original scheduled for Nov 4: 6.2; 6.4; Livingston 6.3; Livingston 5.1-5.2; Livingston 5.3-5.4;
• Additional topics for written reports: Livingston 5.5 and 6.4; Livingston 9.1-9.3; Livingston 9.4-9.5; Adams 5.5. Please check your emails for individual assignments!

References

• Burde & Zieschang: Knots
• Lickorish: Introduction to Knot theory
• Rolfsen: Knots and Links

Lecture Notes

• Adams--The Knot Book
• Livingston C.--Knot theory

Useful Links

• Roberts--KNOTS KNOTES
• Knot Atlas
• Conway--An Enumeration of Knots and Links, and Some of Their Algebraic Properties
• Budney--JSJ-decompositions of knot and link complements in the 3-sphere

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