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Knots

Gerhard Burde, Heiner Zieschang and Michael Heusener
Publisher: 
Walter de Gruyter
Publication Date: 
2014
Number of Pages: 
417
Format: 
Hardcover
Edition: 
3
Series: 
Studies in Mathematics 5
Price: 
140.00
ISBN: 
9783110270785
Category: 
Textbook
BLL Rating: 

The Basic Library List Committee suggests that undergraduate mathematics libraries consider this book for acquisition.

[Reviewed by
Fernando Q. Gouvêa
, on
02/1/2014
]

See our review of the second edition. The new edition has been completely revised and reorganized. A new chapter 16, on the bridge number, was added. It includes a proof of H. Schubert's theorem saying that the bridge number minus 1 is additive. The authors have reduced the number of tables given in the back of the book, reasoning that today such data is best found online, for example at the Knot AtlasKnot Info, and Link Info sites.