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Quantum Groups (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Christian Kassel Hardcover, 534 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-387-94370-6 / 0387943706 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-94370-1 / 9780387943701 This book provides an introduction to the theory of quantum groups with emphasis on the spectacular connections with knot theory and on Drinfeld's recent fundamental contributions. The first part presents in detail the quantum groups attached to SL[subscript 2] as well as the basic concepts of the t |