GEOMETRIC KNOT SPACES AND POLYGONAL ISOTOPY
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0218-2165,1793-6527
DOI: 10.1142/s0218216501000834