01945nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001800112020001500130020002700145040002100172035002100193050002600214245015000240260005000390300003500440490011800475504004100593505034000634533015200974650001801126650003101144650002401175655002901199700002901228710007601257710001701333830010701350856012601457ebr10422172CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||100809s2010    njua    sb    000 0 eng d  z  2010487135  z9789814291408  z9814291404  z9789814291415 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)67165608514aQA612.23b.B73 2010eb00aBraidsh[electronic resource] :bintroductory lectures on braids, configurations and their applications /ceditors, A. Jon Berrick, ... [et al.].  aHackensack, N.J. :bWorld Scientific,cc2010.  ax, 403 p. :bill. (some col.).1 aLecture notes series / Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore,x1793-0758 ;vv. 19  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aTutorial 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aBraid theory. 0aRepresentations of groups. 0aAlgebraic topology. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aBerrick, A. J.q(A. Jon)2 aNational University of Singapore.bInstitute for Mathematical Sciences.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aLecture notes series (National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences) ;vv. 19.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10422172zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view