Background
Hemion, Geoffrey John was born on July 29, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Royal and Rhoda Gertrude Hemion.
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Knot theory has recently emerged as a productive field of study in both the physical and mathematical sciences. This book is concerned with the fundamental question of the classification of knots, and more generally the classification of arbitrary (compact) topological objects which can occur in the normal space of physical reality. The author explains his classification algorithm--using the method of normal surfaces--in a simple and concise way. The reader is thus shown the relevance of such traditional mathematical objects as the Klein bottle or the hyperbolic plane to this basic classification theory. The Classification of Knots and 3-Dimensional Spaces will be of interest to mathematicians, physicists, and other scientists who want to apply this algorithm to their research in knot theory.
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Hemion, Geoffrey John was born on July 29, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Royal and Rhoda Gertrude Hemion.
Bachelor of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, 1975. Habilitation degree, University Bielefeld, Germany, 1977.
Assistant, U. Bielefeld, 1975-1977; lecturer, U. Bielefeld, 1977-1986; professor, U. Bielefeld, since 1986.
(Knot theory has recently emerged as a productive field of...)
Married Heidi Schubert. Children: Charles Friedrich, Nikolas John.