Braids [electronic resource] : introductory lectures on braids, configurations and their applications / editors, A. Jon Berrick, ... [et al.].
Series: Lecture notes series (National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences) ; v. 19.Publication details: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.Description: x, 403 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9789814291408
- 9814291404
- 9789814291415 (e-book)
- QA612.23 .B73 2010eb
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Includes bibliographical references.
Tutorial on the braid groups / Dale Rolfsen -- Simplicial objects and homotopy groups / Jie Wu -- Introduction to configuration spaces and their applications / Frederick R. Cohen -- Configuration spaces, braids, and robotics / Robert Ghrist -- Braids and magnetic fields / Mitchell A. Berger -- Braid group cryptography / David Garber.
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