An excursion in diagrammatic algebra : turning a sphere from red to blue

An excursion in diagrammatic algebra : turning a sphere from red to blue / by J. Scott Carter.

The aim of this book is to give as detailed a description as is possible of one of the most beautiful and complicated examples in low-dimensional topology. This example is a gateway to a new idea of higher dimensional algebra in which diagrams replace algebraic expressions and relationships between...

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Main Author: Carter, J. Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; London : World Scientific, 2011.
Series:Series on knots and everything ; v. 48
Subjects:
Low-dimensional topology.
Low-dimensional topology
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Summary:The aim of this book is to give as detailed a description as is possible of one of the most beautiful and complicated examples in low-dimensional topology. This example is a gateway to a new idea of higher dimensional algebra in which diagrams replace algebraic expressions and relationships between diagrams represent algebraic relations. The reader may examine the changes in the illustrations in a leisurely fashion; or with scrutiny, the reader will become familiar and develop a facility for these diagrammatic computations. The text describes the essential topological ideas through metaphors t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9814374504
9789814374507

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