Knots, braids and mapping class groups-papers dedicated to joan s. birman: proceedings of a conference on low dimensional topology in honor of joan s. birman's 70th birthday, march 14-15, 1998, columbia university, new york, new york
Auteur :
American Mathematical Society
Éditeur :
American Mathematical Society
ISBN :
9780821829660
Date de publication :
30 déc. 2001
Poids :
354 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
There are a number of specialties in low-dimensional topology that can find in their 'family tree' a common ancestry in the theory of surface mappings. These include knot theory as studied through the use of braid representations and 3-manifolds as studied through the use of Heegaard splittings.