Geometry and Topology of Configuration Spaces
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9783540666691
Subjects: Algebraic topology; Euclidean geometry; Mathematics; Geometry; Topology; Science/Mathematics; Topology - General; Geometry - Algebraic; Mathematics / Geometry / Algebraic; Mathematics / Topology; Mathematics : Topology - General; Yang-Baxter equation; k-body problem; loop spaces; nonlinear analysis; Configuration space; Geometry - General
First sentence: Consider now the natural projection projk, r : Fk(M) Fr(M), r &lt; k that sends (x1,    ,xk) to (x1,    ,xr), where M is a connected manifold of dimension m.