Geometry and physics of knots

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

N. Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1953 · 36.5K citations

Numerical Analysis, Engineering, Material Simulation +22

A polynomial invariant for knots via von Neumann algebras

Vaughan F. R. Jones · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1985 · 1.6K citations · Full text

A new polynomial invariant of knots and links

Peter Freyd, David N. Yetter, Jim Hoste et al. · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1985 · 1.2K citations · Full text

The Writhing Number of a Space Curve

F. B. Fuller · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1971 · 775 citations · Full text

Integral Geometry, Geometric Invariant, Geometry +7

Topological invariants of knots and links

James Alexander · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1928 · 701 citations

Topological Invariants, Topological Property, Knot Theory +1