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Title Office hours with a geometric group theorist / edited by Matt Clay and Dan Margalit.

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 441 pages) : illustrations
text file PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Groups / Matt Clay and Dan Margalit -- ... and spaces / Matt Clay and Dan Margalit -- Groups acting on trees / Dan Margalit -- Free groups and folding / Matt Clay -- Ping-pong lemma / Johanna Mangahas -- Automorphisms of free groups / Matt Clay -- Quasi-isometries / Dan Margalit and Anne Thomas -- Dehn functions / Timothy Riley -- Hyperbolic groups / Moon Duchin -- Ends of groups / Nic Koban and John Meier -- Asymptotic dimension / Greg Bell -- Growth of groups / Eric Freden -- Coxeter groups / Adam Piggott -- Right-angled artin groups / Robert W. Bell and Matt Clay -- Lamplighter groups / Jennifer Taback -- Thompson's group / Sean Cleary -- Mapping class groups / Tara Brendle, Leah Childers, and Dan Margalit -- Braids / Aaron Abrams.
Summary Geometric group theory is the study of the interplay between groups and the spaces they act on, and has its roots in the works of Henri Poincaré, Felix Klein, J.H.C. Whitehead, and Max Dehn. Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist brings together leading experts who provide one-on-one instruction on key topics in this exciting and relatively new field of mathematics. It's like having office hours with your most trusted math professors. An essential primer for undergraduates making the leap to graduate work, the book begins with free groups--actions of free groups on trees, algorithmic questions about free groups, the ping-pong lemma, and automorphisms of free groups. It goes on to cover several large-scale geometric invariants of groups, including quasi-isometry groups, Dehn functions, Gromov hyperbolicity, and asymptotic dimension. It also delves into important examples of groups, such as Coxeter groups, Thompson's groups, right-angled Artin groups, lamplighter groups, mapping class groups, and braid groups. The tone is conversational throughout, and the instruction is driven by examples. Accessible to students who have taken a first course in abstract algebra, Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist also features numerous exercises and in-depth projects designed to engage readers and provide jumping-off points for research projects.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English.
Subject Geometric group theory.
Geometric group theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Clay, Matt, editor.
Margalit, Dan, 1976- editor.
ISBN 9781400885398 (electronic book)
1400885396 (electronic book)
9780691158662