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020			_a9781470454869
040			_cIGNOU
082			_223 _a514.2242 El39Q
100			_aElhamdadi, Mohamed _99087 _d1968 _eauthor
245			_aQuandles : _ban introduction to the algebra of knots / _cMohamed Elhamdadi and Sam Nelson
250			_aIndian edition
260			_aNew Delhi ; _aProvidence, Rhode Island ; _bAmerican Mathematical Society, _c2019.
300			_aix, 245 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
490			_aStudent mathematical library, _v74.
500			_aGifted by NBHM
505			_aKnots and links -- Algebraic structures -- Quandles -- Quandles and groups -- Generalizations of quandles -- Enhancements -- Generalized knots and links.
520			_aQuandles and their kin--kei racks, biquandles, and biracks--are algebraic structures whose axioms encode the movement of knots in space, say Elhamdadi and Nelson, in the same way that groups encode symmetry and orthogonal transformations encode rigid motion. They introduce quandle theory to readers who are comfortable with linear algebra and basic set theory but may have no previous exposure to abstract algebra, knot theory, or topology. They cover knots and links, quandles, quandles and groups, generalizations of quandles, enhancements, and generalized knots and links.
650			_aKnot theory. _99291
650			_aLow-dimensional topology. _94113
700			_aNelson, Sam _d1974 _eauthor _9106
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