Quilts : central extensions, braid actions, and finite groups /

Quilts are 2-complexes used to analyze actions and subgroups of the 3-string braid group and similar groups. This monograph establishes the fundamentals of quilts and discusses connections with central extensions, braid actions, and finite groups. Most results have not previously appeared in a widel...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hsu, Timothy M., 1969-
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2000]
Series:	Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1731.
Subjects:	Finite groups. Group extensions (Mathematics) Braid theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book