%0 Journal Article %T Classical Knot Theory %A J. Scott Carter %J Symmetry %D 2012 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/sym4010225 %X This paper is a very brief introduction to knot theory. It describes knot coloring by quandles, the fundamental group of a knot complement, and handle-decompositions of knot complements. %K knots %K quandles %K fundamental groups %K handles %K knot colorings %K symmetry %K surfaces %K Klein bottle %K projective plane %U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/4/1/225