Diagrammatic algebra /
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Author / Creator: | Carter, J. Scott, author. |
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Imprint: | Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2021] ©2021 |
Description: | vi, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mathematical surveys and monographs, 0076-5376 ; Volume 264 Mathematical surveys and monographs ; v. 264. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12720308 |
Summary: | This book is an introduction to techniques and results in diagrammatic algebra. It starts with abstract tensors and their categorifications, presents diagrammatic methods for studying Frobenius and Hopf algebras, and discusses their relations with topological quantum field theory and knot theory. The text is replete with figures, diagrams, and suggestive typography that allows the reader a glimpse into many higher dimensional processes. The penultimate chapter summarizes the previous material by demonstrating how to braid 3- and 4- dimensional manifolds into 5- and 6-dimensional spaces.<br> <br> The book is accessible to post-qualifier graduate students, and will also be of interest to algebraists, topologists and algebraic topologists who would like to incorporate diagrammatic techniques into their research. |
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Physical Description: | vi, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-360) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781470466718 1470466716 9781470468156 |
ISSN: | 0076-5376 ; |