A course on geometric group theory
Brian H. Bowditch
This volume is intended as a self-contained introduction to the basic notions of geometric group theory, the main ideas being illustrated with various examples and exercises. One goal is to establish the foundations of the theory of hyperbolic groups. There is a brief discussion of classical hyperbolic geometry, with a view to motivating and illustrating this.The notes are based on a course given by the author at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, intended for fourth year undergraduates and graduate students, and could form the basis of a similar course elsewhere. Many references to more sophisticated material are given, and the work concludes with a discussion of various areas of recent and current research.Published by Mathematical Society of Japan and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. for all markets
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Year:
2006
Publisher:
WS
Language:
english
Pages:
110
ISBN 10:
4931469353
ISBN 13:
9784931469358
Series:
Msj Memoirs, Mathematical Society of Japan
File:
DJVU, 890 KB
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english, 2006