Braids and Coverings: Selected Topics
(Part of the London Mathematical Society Student Texts Series)
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This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland. The lecture notes have been revised and augmented by examples. The first two chapters develop the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups, both geometrically and via homotopy theory, and discuss the link between knot theory and the combinatorics of braid groups through Markou's Theorem. The final two chapters give a detailed investigation of polynomial covering...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521387574
ISBN13:9780521387576
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.69 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.7" x 8.5"
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