Publication

2016 - American Mathematical Society

Language

English

Word Count

38,500 words, Guess

Page Count

154 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781470431068
  • ISBN-101470431068
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016029680
  • OCLC Control Number952567244
  • Better World Books9781470431068
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCQA174.2.C53 2016
  • LCCQA174.2 .C53 2016

Description

"This book deals with the connections between topology and ordered groups. It begins with a self-contained introduction to orderable groups and from there explores the interactions between orderability and objects in low-dimensional topology, such as knot theory, braid groups, and 3-manifolds, as well as groups of homeomorphisms and other topological structures. The book also addresses recent applications of orderability in the studies of codimension-one foliations and Heegaard-Floer homology. The use of topological methods in proving algebraic results is another feature of the book. The book was written to serve both as a textbook for graduate students, containing many exercises, and as a reference for researchers in topology, algebra, and dynamical systems. A basic background in group theory and topology is the only prerequisite for the reader" -- From the publisher.

Subjects

Topics

TopologyKnot theoryOrdered groupsManifolds (mathematics)Low-dimensional topologyManifolds and cell complexes -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)Manifolds and cell complexes -- Low-dimensional topology -- Topological methods in group theory

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