Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2000-06-08
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
15 pages, 7 figures. The paper depends on a Maple worksheet (trefoil.ms) which uses two Maple input files (normform and homolo
Scientific paper
A new classification theorem for links by the authors and Roger Fenn leads to
computable link invariants. As an illustration we distinguish the left and
right trefoils and recover the result of Carter et al that the 2-twist-spun
trefoil is not isotopic to its orientation reverse. We sketch the proof the
classification theorem. Full details will appear elsewhere
Rourke Colin
Sanderson Brian
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