EXCURSION IN DIAGRAMMATIC ALGEBRA, AN: TURNING A SPHERE FROM RED TO BLUE by J. Scott Carter ( 9789814374491 )

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EXCURSION IN DIAGRAMMATIC ALGEBRA, AN: TURNING A SPHERE FROM RED TO BLUE

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J. Scott Carter

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WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO PTE LTD

Pub. date:

9 December, 2011

Series:

Series on Knots & Everything 48

Pages:

296

Description:

Gives a description of one of the most beautiful and complicated examples in low-dimensional topology. This 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.

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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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Singapore

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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

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