Braids and Coverings: Selected Topics (London Mathematical Society Student Texts, Series Number 18) - Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
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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 maps, which may be viewed as a homomorphism of the funda...
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1989 Uitgever: University Press Cambridge 191 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0521387574 ISBN-13: 9780521387576Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrated with numerous equations and diagrams, 8vo. London Mathematical Society Student Texts, 18.; Spine discoloured.