Topological Methods in Group Theory

• Main Author: Geoghegan, Ross (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 243
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Group theory.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Topology.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

Topological Methods in Group Theory is about the interplay between algebraic topology and the theory of infinite discrete groups. The author has kept three kinds of readers in mind: graduate students who have had an introductory course in algebraic topology and who need a bridge from common knowledg...