Recent developments in braid and link theory
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Recent developments in braid and link theory
zbMATH Open document ID: 0713.57002
DOI: 10.1007/BF03024073
author: Joan Birman
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: In this excellent expository paper the author relates the braid groups, the Jones polynomial and the Yang-Baxter equation, describing each with a minimum of assumptions of knowledge on the part of the reader.
reviewed by: Lee P. Neuwirth
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81Q05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F36
zbMATH DE Number: 4173911
zbMATH Keywords: link
zbMATH Keywords: Burau
zbMATH Keywords: braid groups
zbMATH Keywords: Jones polynomial
zbMATH Keywords: Yang-Baxter equation
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024073
OpenAlex ID: W1981555591
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4173911