Conormal bundles, contact homology and knot invariants
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We summarize recent work on a combinatorial knot invariant called knot contact homology. We also discuss the origins of this invariant in symplectic topology, via holomorphic curves and a conormal bundle naturally associated to the knot.
This is the version published by Geometry & Topology Monographs on 22 April 2006
This is the version published by Geometry & Topology Monographs on 22 April 2006