Braids and Coverings Selected Topics Hansen Hardback Cambridge University Press

The Nile on eBay\n\n FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE\n\n \n\nBraids and Coverings\nby\nVagn Lundsgaard Hansen\n\nThis book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland. The work falls into two strands: first the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups is developed and the link between knot theory and the combinatorics of braid groups is discussed through Markov's theorem; this is followed by an investigation of polynomial maps.\n\nFORMAT\nHardcover\nLANGUAGE\nEnglish\nCONDITION\nBrand New\n\nPublisher Description\nThis 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 g;