On a certain numerical invariant of link types

Murasugi, Kunio

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1965-0171275-5

On a certain numerical invariant of link types

Author: Kunio Murasugi
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 117 (1965), 387-422
MSC: Primary 55.20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1965-0171275-5
MathSciNet review: 0171275
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