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Apr 25, 2024
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MATH148 PZ - Knot Theory
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Staff (Pitzer)
Offered: Alternate years
Description: An introduction to theory of knots and links from combinatorial, algebraic, and geometric perspectives. Topics will include knot diagrams, p-colorings, Alexander, Jones, and HOMFLY polynomials, Seifert surfaces, genus, Seifert matrices, the fundamental group, representations of knot groups, covering spaces, surgery on knots, and important families of knots.
Prerequisite(s): MATH040 HM or MATH073 HM
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