Overview

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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Author:   A Jon Berrick (Nus, S'pore) ,  Fred Cohen (Univ Of Rochester, Usa) ,  Elizabeth Hanbury (Nus, S'pore & Durham Univ, Uk) ,  Yan-loi Wong (Nus, S'pore)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   19
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9789814291408

ISBN 10:   9814291404
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   11 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Tutorial on the Braid Groups; Simplicial Objects and Homotopy Groups; Introduction to Configuration Spaces and Their Applications; Braids and Magnetic Fields; Configuration Spaces, Braids, and Robotics; Braid Group Cryptography.

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