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Essays in Group Theory
S.M. . Ed(S): Gersten
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gersten, S.M. Series: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
Essays in Group Theory contains five papers on topics of current interest which were presented in a seminar at MSRI, Berkeley in June, 1985. Special mention should be given to Gromov`s paper, one of the most significant in the field in the last decade. It develops the theory of hyperbolic groups to include a version of small cancellation theory sufficiently powerful to recover deep results of Ol'shanskii and Rips. Each of the remaining papers, by Baumslag and Shalen, Gersten, Shalen, and Stallings contains gems. For example, the reader will delight in Stallings' explicit construction of free actions of orientable surface ... Read more
Essays in Group Theory contains five papers on topics of current interest which were presented in a seminar at MSRI, Berkeley in June, 1985. Special mention should be given to Gromov`s paper, one of the most significant in the field in the last decade. It develops the theory of hyperbolic groups to include a version of small cancellation theory sufficiently powerful to recover deep results of Ol'shanskii and Rips. Each of the remaining papers, by Baumslag and Shalen, Gersten, Shalen, and Stallings contains gems. For example, the reader will delight in Stallings' explicit construction of free actions of orientable surface ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Series
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461395881
SKU
V9781461395881
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