Braids: Introductory Lectures on Braids, Configurations and Their Applications (Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences): 19 ... Sciences, National University of Singapore) - Hardcover

A Jon Berrick; Frederick R Cohen; Elizabeth Hanbury; Yan-Loi Wong; Jie Wu

 
9789814291408: Braids: Introductory Lectures on Braids, Configurations and Their Applications (Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences): 19 ... Sciences, National University of Singapore)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9814291404 ISBN 13: 9789814291408
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

This book is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to familarize themselves with research in braid groups, configuration spaces and their applications. Starting at the beginning, and assuming only basic topology and group theory, the volume's noted expositors take the reader through the fundamental theory and on to current research and applications in fields as varied as astrophysics, cryptography and robotics. As leading researchers themselves, the authors write enthusiastically about their topics, and include many striking illustrations. The chapters have their origins in tutorials given at a Summer School on Braids, at the National University of Singapore's Institute for Mathematical Sciences in June 2007, to an audience of more than thirty international graduate students.

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This book is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to familarize themselves with research in braid groups, configuration spaces and their applications. Starting at the beginning, and assuming only basic topology and group theory, the volume's noted expositors take the reader through the fundamental theory and on to current research and applications in fields as varied as astrophysics, cryptography and robotics. As leading researchers themselves, the authors write enthusiastically about their topics, and include many striking illustrations. The chapters have their origins in tutorials given at a Summer School on Braids, at the National University of Singapore's Institute for Mathematical Sciences in June 2007, to an audience of more than thirty international graduate students.

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Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814291404
ISBN 13 
9789814291408
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
461
Editor
Jon Berrick, Frederick R. Cohen, Elizabeth Hanbury