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Topological Methods of Gr Theory by Miguel A. Labrador, Pedro M. Wightman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Topological Methods of Gr Theory about?

Topological Methods in Group Theory is about the interplay between algebraic topology and the theory of infinite discrete groups. The author has kept three kinds of readers in mind: graduate students who have had an introductory course in algebraic topology and who need a bridge from common knowledge to the current research literature in geometric, combinatorial and homological group theory; group theorists who would like to know more about the topological side of their subject but who have been too long away from topology; and manifold topologists, both high- and low-dimensional, since the book contains much basic material on proper homotopy and locally finite homology not easily found elsewhere. The book focuses on two main themes: 1. Topological Finiteness Properties of groups (generalizing the classical notions of'finitely generated'and'finitely presented'); 2. Asymptotic Aspects of Infinite Groups (generalizing the classical notion of'the number of ends of a group'). Illustrative examples treated in some detail include: Bass-Serre theory, Coxeter groups, Thompson groups, Whitehead's contractible 3-manifold, Davis's exotic contractible manifolds in dimensions greater than three

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Author
Miguel A. Labrador, Pedro M. Wightman
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9781441925640
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering

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