Three-dimensional Link Theory And Invariants Of Plane Curve Singularities. (am-110) (annals Of Mathematics Studies)
by David Eisenbud /
1986 / English / PDF
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This book gives a new foundation for the theory of links in 3-space modelled on the modern development by Jaco, Shalen, Johannson, Thurston, et al., of the theory of 3-manifolds. The basic construction is a method of obtaining any link by "splicing" links of the simplest kinds, namely those whose exteriors are Seifert fibered or hyperbolic. This approach to link theory is particularly attractive since most invariants of links are additive under splicing.
