EXAMPLES OF INVARIANTS:
There are many other invariants besides the ones I mentioned. Some interesting ones can be found in Murasugi's book and in Colin C. Adams' book, The Knot Book.[1] Knot Theorists are constantly working to find more invariants that are easier to calculate, and that are more conclusive in determining equivalence of knots. Deciding whether two knots are equivalent sometimes makes it easier to study other aspects of knots because a simpler variant of a knot can be chosen to study. An example of such an aspect is knot composition, which leads into the next topic I will examine.