A topological introduction to knot contact homology

2012/10/31 by Lenhard Ng · 1 citation
Mathematics · #math.GT #math.SG #msc:53D42 #msc:57R17 #msc:57M27

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02036-5_10

38 pages, based on lectures at the Contact and Symplectic Topology Summer School in Budapest, July 2012; v2: fixed typos, updated references, version to be published

arxiv created 2014/01/10 · arxiv updated 2015/09/01

Abstract

This is a survey of knot contact homology, with an emphasis on topological, algebraic, and combinatorial aspects.

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