Geometric Topology

Literature

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The following is a list of books on which the lecture is based. Although we will not follow a book strictly, the material can be found in them and they may sometimes offer a different approach.

• C.C. Adams, The Knot Book. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2004.
• N.D. Gilbert and T. Porter, Knots and Surfaces. Oxford Science Publications, Oxford University Press, 1994.
• V.G. Boltyanskii and V.A. Efremovich, Intuitive Combinatorial Topology. Springer Verlag, New York, 2001.
• P. Cromwell, Knots and Links. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004.