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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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore ; London :
World Scientific,
2011.
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| Series: | Series on knots and everything ;
v. 48. |
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9814374504 9789814374507 |