01976nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10422172 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100809s2010 njua sb 000 0 eng d 2010487135 9789814291408 9814291404 9789814291415 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)671656085 QA612.23 .B73 2010eb Braids [electronic resource] : introductory lectures on braids, configurations and their applications / editors, A. Jon Berrick, ... [et al.]. Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010. x, 403 p. : ill. (some col.). Lecture notes series / Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1793-0758 ; v. 19 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Braid theory. Representations of groups. Algebraic topology. Electronic books. local Berrick, A. J. (A. Jon) National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences. ebrary, Inc. Lecture notes series (National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences) ; v. 19. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10422172 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 140221 140221