The Arithmetic of Fundamental Groups PIA 2010 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stix, Jakob (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Contributions in Mathematical and Computational Sciences ; 2
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Number theory.; Topology.; Number Theory.; Algebraic Geometry.

In the more than 100 years since the fundamental group was first introduced by Henri Poincaré it has evolved to play an important role in different areas of mathematics. Originally conceived as part of algebraic topology, this essential concept and its analogies have found numerous applications in m...