EXCURSION IN DIAGRAMMATIC ALGEBRA, AN: Turning a Sphere from Red to Blue

by J Scott Carter

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814397162
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/06/2011
Series:	SERIES ON KNOTS AND EVERYTHING , #48
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	22 MB
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