| dc.contributor.advisor | Tomasz S. Mrowka. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Ng, Lenhard Lee, 1976- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-08-23T22:11:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-08-23T22:11:52Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8671 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2001. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | We introduce new, readily computable invariants of Legendrian knots and links in standard contact three-space, allowing us to answer many previously open questions in contact knot theory. The origin of these invariants is the powerful Chekanov-Eliashberg differential graded algebra, which we reformulate and generalize. We give applications to Legendrian knots and links in three-space and in the solid torus. A related question, the calculation of the maximal Thurston-Bennequin number for a link, is answered for some large classes of links. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Lenhard Lee Ng. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 83 p. | en_US |
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| dc.format.extent | 7615034 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Mathematics. | en_US |
| dc.title | Invariants of Legendrian links | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 49650782 | en_US |
