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Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : John Stillwell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461243726
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory written by John Stillwell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, many students have been introduced to topology in high school mathematics. Having met the Mobius band, the seven bridges of Konigsberg, Euler's polyhedron formula, and knots, the student is led to expect that these picturesque ideas will come to full flower in university topology courses. What a disappointment "undergraduate topology" proves to be! In most institutions it is either a service course for analysts, on abstract spaces, or else an introduction to homological algebra in which the only geometric activity is the completion of commutative diagrams. Pictures are kept to a minimum, and at the end the student still does nr~ understand the simplest topological facts, such as the rcason why knots exist. In my opinion, a well-balanced introduction to topology should stress its intuitive geometric aspect, while admitting the legitimate interest that analysts and algebraists have in the subject. At any rate, this is the aim of the present book. In support of this view, I have followed the historical development where practicable, since it clearly shows the influence of geometric thought at all stages. This is not to claim that topology received its main impetus from geometric recreations like the seven bridges; rather, it resulted from the l'isualization of problems from other parts of mathematics-complex analysis (Riemann), mechanics (Poincare), and group theory (Dehn). It is these connec tions to other parts of mathematics which make topology an important as well as a beautiful subject.

Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : John Stillwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787506201025
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory written by John Stillwell and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology

Author : S. M. Gersten
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691084106
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology by : S. M. Gersten

Download or read book Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology written by S. M. Gersten and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1987-05-21 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Group theory and topology are closely related. The region of their interaction, combining the logical clarity of algebra with the depths of geometric intuition, is the subject of Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology. The work includes papers from a conference held in July 1984 at Alta Lodge, Utah. Contributors to the book include Roger Alperin, Hyman Bass, Max Benson, Joan S. Birman, Andrew J. Casson, Marshall Cohen, Donald J. Collins, Robert Craggs, Michael Dyer, Beno Eckmann, Stephen M. Gersten, Jane Gilman, Robert H. Gilman, Narain D. Gupta, John Hempel, James Howie, Roger Lyndon, Martin Lustig, Lee P. Neuwirth, Andrew J. Nicas, N. Patterson, John G. Ratcliffe, Frank Rimlinger, Caroline Series, John R. Stallings, C. W. Stark, and A. Royce Wolf.

Topological Methods in Group Theory

Author : Ross Geoghegan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387746110
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Topological Methods in Group Theory written by Ross Geoghegan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the interplay between algebraic topology and the theory of infinite discrete groups. It is a hugely important contribution to the field of topological and geometric group theory, and is bound to become a standard reference in the field. To keep the length reasonable and the focus clear, the author assumes the reader knows or can easily learn the necessary algebra, but wants to see the topology done in detail. The central subject of the book is the theory of ends. Here the author adopts a new algebraic approach which is geometric in spirit.

Papers on Group Theory and Topology

Author : Max Dehn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461246687
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Papers on Group Theory and Topology written by Max Dehn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of Max Dehn (1878-1952) has been quietly influential in mathematics since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1900 he became the first to solve one of the famous Hilbert problems (the third, on the decomposition of polyhedra), in 1907 he collaborated with Heegaard to produce the first survey of topology, and in 1910 he began publishing his own investigations in topology and combinatorial group theory. His influence is apparent in the terms Dehn's algorithm, Dehn's lemma and Dehn surgery (and Dehnsche Gruppenbilder, generally known in English as Cayley diagrams), but direct access to his work has been difficult. No edition of his works has been produced, and some of his most important results were never published, at least not by him. The present volume is a modest attempt to bring Dehn's work to a wider audience, particularly topologists and group theorists curious about the origins of their subject and interested in mining the sources for new ideas. It consists of English translations of eight works : five of Dehn's major papers in topology and combinatorial group theory, and three unpublished works which illuminate the published papers and contain some results not available elsewhere. In addition, I have written a short introduction to each work, summarising its contents and trying to establish its place among related works of Dehn and others, and I have added an appendix on the Dehn-Nielsen theorem (often known simply as Nielsen's theorem) .

Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Paul Latiolais
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540462961
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory written by Paul Latiolais and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the lively interaction between algebraic topology, very low dimensional topology and combinatorial group theory. Many of the ideas presented are still in their infancy, and it is hoped that the work here will spur others to new and exciting developments. Among the many techniques disussed are the use of obstruction groups to distinguish certain exact sequences and several graph theoretic techniques with applications to the theory of groups.

The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups

Author : Michael Davis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691131384
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups written by Michael Davis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups is a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of Coxeter groups from the viewpoint of geometric group theory. Groups generated by reflections are ubiquitous in mathematics, and there are classical examples of reflection groups in spherical, Euclidean, and hyperbolic geometry. Any Coxeter group can be realized as a group generated by reflection on a certain contractible cell complex, and this complex is the principal subject of this book. The book explains a theorem of Moussong that demonstrates that a polyhedral metric on this cell complex is nonpositively curved, meaning that Coxeter groups are "CAT(0) groups." The book describes the reflection group trick, one of the most potent sources of examples of aspherical manifolds. And the book discusses many important topics in geometric group theory and topology, including Hopf's theory of ends; contractible manifolds and homology spheres; the Poincaré Conjecture; and Gromov's theory of CAT(0) spaces and groups. Finally, the book examines connections between Coxeter groups and some of topology's most famous open problems concerning aspherical manifolds, such as the Euler Characteristic Conjecture and the Borel and Singer conjectures.

Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Paul Latiolais
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783662210949
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory written by Paul Latiolais and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology

Author : S. M. Gersten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology written by S. M. Gersten and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Two-Dimensional Homotopy and Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Cynthia Hog-Angeloni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521447003
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)

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Book Synopsis Two-Dimensional Homotopy and Combinatorial Group Theory by : Cynthia Hog-Angeloni

Download or read book Two-Dimensional Homotopy and Combinatorial Group Theory written by Cynthia Hog-Angeloni and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-12-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic work on two-dimensional homotopy theory dates back to K. Reidemeister and J. H. C. Whitehead. Much work in this area has been done since then, and this book considers the current state of knowledge in all the aspects of the subject. The editors start with introductory chapters on low-dimensional topology, covering both the geometric and algebraic sides of the subject, the latter including crossed modules, Reidemeister-Peiffer identities, and a concrete and modern discussion of Whitehead's algebraic classification of 2-dimensional homotopy types. Further chapters have been skilfully selected and woven together to form a coherent picture. The latest algebraic results and their applications to 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds are dealt with. The geometric nature of the subject is illustrated to the full by over 100 diagrams. Final chapters summarize and contribute to the present status of the conjectures of Zeeman, Whitehead, and Andrews-Curtis. No other book covers all these topics. Some of the material here has been used in courses, making this book valuable for anyone with an interest in two-dimensional homotopy theory, from graduate students to research workers.

Geometric Group Theory

Author : Clara Löh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319722549
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Geometric Group Theory written by Clara Löh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by classical geometry, geometric group theory has in turn provided a variety of applications to geometry, topology, group theory, number theory and graph theory. This carefully written textbook provides a rigorous introduction to this rapidly evolving field whose methods have proven to be powerful tools in neighbouring fields such as geometric topology. Geometric group theory is the study of finitely generated groups via the geometry of their associated Cayley graphs. It turns out that the essence of the geometry of such groups is captured in the key notion of quasi-isometry, a large-scale version of isometry whose invariants include growth types, curvature conditions, boundary constructions, and amenability. This book covers the foundations of quasi-geometry of groups at an advanced undergraduate level. The subject is illustrated by many elementary examples, outlooks on applications, as well as an extensive collection of exercises.

Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Roger C. Lyndon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642618960
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Combinatorial Group Theory written by Roger C. Lyndon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the reviews: "This book [...] defines the boundaries of the subject now called combinatorial group theory. [...] it is a considerable achievement to have concentrated a survey of the subject into 339 pages. [...] a valuable and welcome addition to the literature, containing many results not previously available in a book. It will undoubtedly become a standard reference." Mathematical Reviews

Geometry of Surfaces

Author : John Stillwell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461209293
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Geometry of Surfaces written by John Stillwell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The geometry of surfaces is an ideal starting point for learning geometry, for, among other reasons, the theory of surfaces of constant curvature has maximal connectivity with the rest of mathematics. This text provides the student with the knowledge of a geometry of greater scope than the classical geometry taught today, which is no longer an adequate basis for mathematics or physics, both of which are becoming increasingly geometric. It includes exercises and informal discussions.

Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Daniel E. Cohen
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521349369
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Combinatorial Group Theory written by Daniel E. Cohen and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1989-08-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author aims to show the value of using topological methods in combinatorial group theory.

A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology

Author : J. P. May
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226511832
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology written by J. P. May and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algebraic topology is a basic part of modern mathematics, and some knowledge of this area is indispensable for any advanced work relating to geometry, including topology itself, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and Lie groups. This book provides a detailed treatment of algebraic topology both for teachers of the subject and for advanced graduate students in mathematics either specializing in this area or continuing on to other fields. J. Peter May's approach reflects the enormous internal developments within algebraic topology over the past several decades, most of which are largely unknown to mathematicians in other fields. But he also retains the classical presentations of various topics where appropriate. Most chapters end with problems that further explore and refine the concepts presented. The final four chapters provide sketches of substantial areas of algebraic topology that are normally omitted from introductory texts, and the book concludes with a list of suggested readings for those interested in delving further into the field.

Topics in Combinatorial Group Theory

Author : Gilbert Baumslag
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3034885873
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Topics in Combinatorial Group Theory written by Gilbert Baumslag and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combinatorial group theory is a loosely defined subject, with close connections to topology and logic. With surprising frequency, problems in a wide variety of disciplines, including differential equations, automorphic functions and geometry, have been distilled into explicit questions about groups, typically of the following kind: Are the groups in a given class finite (e.g., the Burnside problem)? Finitely generated? Finitely presented? What are the conjugates of a given element in a given group? What are the subgroups of that group? Is there an algorithm for deciding for every pair of groups in a given class whether they are isomorphic or not? The objective of combinatorial group theory is the systematic development of algebraic techniques to settle such questions. In view of the scope of the subject and the extraordinary variety of groups involved, it is not surprising that no really general theory exists. These notes, bridging the very beginning of the theory to new results and developments, are devoted to a number of topics in combinatorial group theory and serve as an introduction to the subject on the graduate level.

Topological Methods in Group Theory

Author : Ross Geoghegan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387746145
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Topological Methods in Group Theory written by Ross Geoghegan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the interplay between algebraic topology and the theory of infinite discrete groups. It is a hugely important contribution to the field of topological and geometric group theory, and is bound to become a standard reference in the field. To keep the length reasonable and the focus clear, the author assumes the reader knows or can easily learn the necessary algebra, but wants to see the topology done in detail. The central subject of the book is the theory of ends. Here the author adopts a new algebraic approach which is geometric in spirit.