Knot theory

Knot theory is a branch of topology inspired by observations, as the name suggests, of knots. But progress in the field does not depend exclusively on experiments with twine. Knot theory concerns itself with abstract properties of theoretical knots — the spatial arrangements that in principle could be assumed by a loop of string.

Further reading

• The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots, Colin Adams, 2001, ISBN 0716742195
• Knots: Mathematics With a Twist, Alexei Sossinsky, 2002, ISBN 0674009444
• Knot Theory, Vassily Manturov, 2004, ISBN 0415310016
• Introduction to Knot Theory, Richard H. Crowell and Ralph Fox, 1977, ISBN 0-387-90272-4
• Knots and Links, Dale Rolfsen, 1976, ISBN 0-914098-16-0
• On Knots, Louis H. Kauffman, 1987, ISBN 0-691-08435-1
• {{MathWorld|urlname=ReidemeisterMoves|title=Reidemeister Moves}}
• The wiki Knot Atlas.
• KnotPlot