Almost sufficiently large. (English) Zbl 1523.57004
Recalling Wolfgang Haken’s death in 2022, the author gives a survey and a historical account of some aspects of knot theory and 3-manifold topology, starting with the unknot recognition problem (URP) and with a special emphasis on developments following Haken’s solution to the URP.
MSC:
| 57K10 | Knot theory |
| 57K30 | General topology of 3-manifolds |
| 57-02 | Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes |
| 57-03 | History of manifolds and cell complexes |
| 01A60 | History of mathematics in the 20th century |
| 01A70 | Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies |
