Braid Group Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics (Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, Vol 9)

Ge, Mo-Lin; Yang, Chen Ning

ISBN 10: 9971508338 / ISBN 13: 9789971508333

Published by World Scientific Publishing Company, 1989

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Covers differs from that shown; 329 clean, tight pages with some pencil and ink markings; light soiling on outer edges of textblock; very light shelf and corner wear on cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Braid Group Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics (Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, Vol 9)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9971508338
• ISBN 13: 9789971508333
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: GOOD
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • MATHEMATICS

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Synopsis

"The first volume might be especially useful for specialists in its subject, but it also contains good expositions for nonspecialists."

Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged)

Contents: Notes on Subfactors and Statistical Mechanics (V F R Jones); Polynomial Invariants in Knot Theory (L H Kauffman); Algebras of Loops on Surfaces, Algebras of Knots, and Quantization (V G Turaev); Quantum Groups (L Faddeev et al.); Introduction to the Yang-Baxter Equation (M Jimbo); Integrable Systems Related to Braid Groups and Yang-Baxter Equation (T Kohno); The Yang-Baxter Relation: A New Tool for Knot Theory (Y Akutsu et al.); Akutsu-Wadati Link Polynomials from Feynman-Kauffman Diagrams (M-L Ge et al.); Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial (E Witten)

Review

"The first volume might be especially useful for specialists in its subject, but it also contains good expositions for nonspecialists." Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged)