Braids and coverings: selected topics

This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland, USA. The lecture notes have been revised and augmented by examples. The work falls into two strands. The first two chapters develop the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups both geometrically and via homot...

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Main Author: Hansen, Vagn Lundsgaard 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Series:London Mathematical Society student texts 18
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Summary:This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland, USA. The lecture notes have been revised and augmented by examples. The work falls into two strands. 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 Markov's Theorem. The final two chapters give a detailed investigation of polynomial covering maps, which may be viewed as a homomorphism of the fundamental group of the base space into the Artin braid group on n strings. This book will be of interest to both topologists and algebraists working in braid theory
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 191 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511613098
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511613098

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