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Some links with non-trivial polynomials and their crossing-numbers

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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics, 16, Mill Land, CB2 1SB, Cambridge

    W. B. R. Lickorish & M. B. Thistlethwaite

  2. Polytechnic of the South Bank, Borough Road, SE1 0AA, London

    W. B. R. Lickorish & M. B. Thistlethwaite

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Lickorish, W.B.R., Thistlethwaite, M.B. Some links with non-trivial polynomials and their crossing-numbers. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 63, 527–539 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02566777

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