Description for Trees
Paperback. Translator(s): Stilwell, J. Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
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"Serre's notes on groups acting on trees have appeared in various forms (all in French) over the past ten years and they have had a profound influence on the development of many areas, for example, the theory of ends of discrete groups. This fine translation is very welcome and I strongly recommend it as an introduction to an important subject. In Chapter I, which is self-contained, the pace is fairly gentle. The author proves the fundamental theorem for the special cases of free groups and tree products before dealing with the (rather difficult) proof of the ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Series
Springer Monographs in Mathematics
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642618581
SKU
V9783642618581
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About Jean-Pierre Serre
Reviews for Trees
From the reviews: "In the case of an author like Serre, there is almost no need to underline the book's qualities of elegance and precision: over and above these, it provides abundant links to other topics, particularly by means of the remarks and the numerous exercises which, for the most part, are not easy to solve, but genuinely ... Read more