New Invariants in the Theory of Knots

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsLouis H. KauffmanLouis H. Kauffman received his Bachelor of Arts degree at MIT and his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 1972. He has been at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1971, where he is now Professor of Mathematics.His interest in the theory of knots began at Princeton University through conversations with William Browder (his thesis advisor), Ralph Fox, fellow students, and teachers. He has worked on the relationship of knot theory with singularities of algebraic varieties, manifolds of many dimensions, circuit theory, logic, formal mathematics and physics.He is grateful to the knots for being such a fertile place in the meeting of ideas and the people who come along with these ideas and give them life.