Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups. (AM-82), Volume 82 / / Joan S. Birman
| Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups. (AM-82), Volume 82 / / Joan S. Birman |
| Autore | Birman Joan S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 514/.224 |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Braid theory
Knot theory Representations of groups |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Addition
Alexander polynomial Algebraic structure Automorphism Ball (mathematics) Bijection Braid group Braid theory Branched covering Burau representation Calculation Cartesian coordinate system Characterization (mathematics) Coefficient Combinatorial group theory Commutative property Commutator subgroup Configuration space Conjugacy class Corollary Covering space Dehn twist Determinant Diagram (category theory) Dimension Disjoint union Double coset Eigenvalues and eigenvectors Enumeration Equation Equivalence class Exact sequence Existential quantification Faithful representation Finite set Free abelian group Free group Fundamental group Geometry Group (mathematics) Group ring Groupoid Handlebody Heegaard splitting Homeomorphism Homomorphism Homotopy group Homotopy Identity element Identity matrix Inclusion map Initial point Integer matrix Integer Knot polynomial Knot theory Lens space Line segment Line–line intersection Link group Low-dimensional topology Mapping class group Mathematical induction Mathematics Matrix group Matrix representation Monograph Morphism Natural transformation Normal matrix Notation Orientability Parity (mathematics) Permutation Piecewise linear Pointwise Polynomial Prime knot Projection (mathematics) Proportionality (mathematics) Quotient group Requirement Rewriting Riemann surface Semigroup Sequence Special case Subgroup Submanifold Subset Symmetric group Theorem Theory Topology Trefoil knot Two-dimensional space Unimodular matrix Unit vector Variable (mathematics) Word problem (mathematics) |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8142-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1. BRAID GROUPS -- CHAPTER 2. BRAIDS AND LINKS -- CHAPTER 3. MAGNUS REPRESENTATIONS -- CHAPTER 4. MAPPING CLASS GROUPS -- CHAPTER 5. PLATS AND LINKS -- APPENDIX: RESEARCH PROBLEMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154753103321 |
Birman Joan S.
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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On Knots. (AM-115), Volume 115 / / Louis H. Kauffman
| On Knots. (AM-115), Volume 115 / / Louis H. Kauffman |
| Autore | Kauffman Louis H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 514/.224 |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico | Knot theory |
| Soggetto non controllato |
3-sphere
Addition theorem Addition Alexander polynomial Algebraic variety Algorithm Ambient isotopy Arf invariant Basepoint Bijection Bilinear form Borromean rings Bracket polynomial Braid group Branched covering Chiral knot Chromatic polynomial Cobordism Codimension Combination Combinatorics Complex analysis Concentric Conjecture Connected sum Conway polynomial (finite fields) Counting Covering space Cyclic group Dense set Determinant Diagram (category theory) Diffeomorphism Dimension Disjoint union Disk (mathematics) Dual graph Elementary algebra Embedding Enumeration Existential quantification Exotic sphere Fibration Formal power series Fundamental group Geometric topology Geometry and topology Geometry Group action Homotopy Integer Intersection form (4-manifold) Isolated singularity Jones polynomial Knot complement Knot group Knot theory Laws of Form Lens space Linking number Manifold Module (mathematics) Morwen Thistlethwaite Normal bundle Notation Obstruction theory Operator algebra Pairing Parity (mathematics) Partition function (mathematics) Planar graph Point at infinity Polynomial ring Polynomial Quantity Rectangle Reidemeister move Remainder Root of unity Saddle point Seifert surface Singularity theory Slice knot Special case Statistical mechanics Substructure Summation Symmetry Theorem Three-dimensional space (mathematics) Topological space Torus knot Trefoil knot Tubular neighborhood Underpinning Unknot Variable (mathematics) Whitehead link Wild knot Writhe |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8213-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LINKING NUMBERS AND REIDEMEISTER MOVES -- III. THE CONWAY POLYNOMIAL -- IV. EXAMPLE S AND SKEIN THEORY -- V. DETECTING SLICES AND RIBBONS- A FIRST PASS -- VI. MISCELLANY -- VII. SPANNING SURFACES AND THE SEIFERT PAIRING -- VIII. RIBBONS AND SLICES -- IX. THE ALEXANDER POLYNOMIAL AND BRANCHED COVERINGS -- X. THE ALEXANDER POLYNOMIAL AND THE ARF INVARIANT -- XI. FREE DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS -- XII. CYCLIC BRANCHED COVERINGS -- XIII. SIGNATURE THEOREMS -- XIV. G-SIGNATURE THEOREM FOR FOUR MANIFOLDS -- XV. SIGNATURE OF CYCLIC BRANCHED COVERINGS -- XVI. AN INVARIANT FOR COVERINGS -- XVII. SLICE KNOTS -- XVIII. CALCULATING σr FOR GENERALIZED STEVEDORE'S KNOT -- XIX. SINGULARITIES, KNOTS AND BRIESKORN VARIETIES -- APPENDIX. GENERALIZED POLYNOMIALS AND A STATE MODEL FOR THE JONES POLYNOMIAL -- KNOT TABLES AND THE L-POLYNOMIAL -- REFERENCES |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154751303321 |
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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