Louis H. Kauffman <br/><br/>
Formal Knot Theory 

 - Mineola, NY  Dover Publications   	2006 
 - 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/>	Introduction -- States, trails, and the clock theorem -- State polynomials and the duality conjecture -- Knots and links -- Axiomatic link calculations -- Curliness and the Alexander polynomial -- The coat of many colors -- Spanning surfaces -- The genus of alternative links -- Ribbons knots and the Arf invariant -- Appendix: The classical Alexander polynomial -- References -- Supplement: Remarks on formal knot theory -- Appendix: New invariants in the theory of knots. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978048645020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>514.224 KAU-F