Excursion In Diagrammatic Algebra, An: Turning A Sphere From Red To Blue Hardback
by J Scott (Univ Of South Alabama, Usa) Carter
Part of the Series on Knots & Everything series
Hardback
Description
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 that are experienced in everyday life: shadows, the human form, the intersections between walls, and the creases in a shirt or a pair of trousers.
Mathematically informed reader will benefit from the informal introduction of ideas.
This volume will also appeal to scientifically literate individuals who appreciate mathematical beauty.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date:09/12/2011
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- ISBN:9789814374491
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date:09/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9789814374491
