Braids
Subtitle: introductory lectures on braids, configurations and their applications
By: editors, A. Jon Berrick, ... [et al.].
Contributors: National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Series: Lecture notes series / Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore -- vol. 19; Lecture notes series (National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences) -- v. 19.
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9789814291408
Subjects: Braid theory; Algebraic topology; Representations of groups
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Tutorial on the braid groups / Dale Rolfsen; title: Simplicial objects and homotopy groups / Jie Wu; title: Introduction to configuration spaces and their applications / Frederick R. Cohen; title: Configuration spaces, braids, and robotics / Robert Ghrist; title: Braids and magnetic fields / Mitchell A. Berger; title: Braid group cryptography / David Garber.