Download or read book Knots, Links, Braids, and 3-manifolds written by V. V. Prasolov and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the remarkable work of Vaughan Jones and Victor Vassiliev on knot and link invariants and its recent modifications and generalizations, including a mathematical treatment of Jones-Witten invariants. The mathematical prerequisites are minimal compared to other monographs in this area. Numerous figures and problems make this book suitable as a graduate level course text or for self-study.