Knot Theory

<p>Over the last fifteen years the face of knot theory has changed due to various new theories and invariants coming from physics topology combinatorics and alge-bra. It suffices to mention the great progress in knot homology theory (Khovanov homology and Ozsvath-Szabo Heegaard-Floer homology) the A-polynomial which give rise to strong invariants of knots and 3-manifolds in particular many new unknot detectors. New to this Edition is a discussion of Heegaard-Floer homology theory and A-polynomial of classical links as well as updates throughout the text.</p><p></p><p><strong>Knot Theory Second Edition</strong> is notable not only for its expert presentation of knot theory’s state of the art but also for its accessibility. It is valuable as a profes-sional reference and will serve equally well as a text for a course on knot theory.</p>