Computational and geometric aspects of modern algebra / edited by Michael Atkinson [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atkinson, Michael D., editor.

Series:

London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 275.

London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 275

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algebra--Congresses.

Algebra.

Geometry--Congresses.

Geometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Computational & Geometric Aspects of Modern Algebra

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book comprises a collection of papers from participants at the IMCS Workshop on Computational and Geometric Aspects of Modern Algebra, held at Heriot-Watt University in 1998. Written by leading researchers, the papers cover a wide range of topics in the vibrant areas of word problems in algebra and geometric group theory. This book represents a timely record of recent work and provides an indication of the key areas of future development.

Contents:

Lie methods in growth of groups and groups of finite width / Laurent Bartholdi and Rostislav I. Grigorchuk

Translation numbers of groups acting on quasiconvex spaces / Gregory R. Conner

On a term rewriting system controlled by sequences of integers / Ales Drapal

On certain finite generalized tetrahedron groups / M. Edjvet [and others]

Efficient computation in word-hyperbolic groups / David B.A. Epstein and Derek F. Holt

Constructing hyperbolic manifolds / B. Everitt and C. Maclachlan

Computing in groups with exponent six / George Havas [and others]

Rewriting as a special case of non-commutative Grobner basis theory / Anne Heyworth

Detecting 3-manifold presentations / Cynthia Hog-Angeloni

In search of a word with special combinatorial properties / Stepan Holub

Cancellation diagrams with non-positive curvature / Gunther Huck and Stephan Rosebrock

Some applications of prefix-rewriting in monoids, groups, and rings / Klaus Madlener and Friedrich Otto

Verallgemeinerte Biasinvarianten und ihre Berechnung / Wolfgang Metzler

On groups which act freely and properly on finite dimensional homotopy spheres / Guido Mislin and Olympia Talelli

On confinal dynamics of rooted tree automorphisms / V.V. Nekrashevych and V.I. Sushchansky

An asymptotic invariant of surface groups / Amnon Rosenmann

A cutpoint tree for a continuum / Eric L. Swenson

Generalised triangle groups of type (2, m, 2) / Alun G.T. Williams.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-139-88284-8

1-107-36801-4

1-107-37253-4

1-107-36310-1

1-107-36899-5

1-299-40559-2

1-107-36555-4

0-511-60060-7