| Geometry, Topology & Dynam Charac Varie Contributor(s): William Goldman, Caroline Series Et Al (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814401358 ISBN-13: 9789814401357 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $124.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Topology - General - Mathematics | Differential Equations - General - Mathematics | Geometry - General |
| Dewey: 516 |
| Series: Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.5 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is based on lectures given at the highly successful three-week Summer School on Geometry, Topology and Dynamics of Character Varieties held at the National University of Singapore's Institute for Mathematical Sciences in July 2010.Aimed at graduate students in the early stages of research, the edited and refereed articles comprise an excellent introduction to the subject of the program, much of which is otherwise available only in specialized texts. Topics include hyperbolic structures on surfaces and their degenerations, applications of ping-pong lemmas in various contexts, introductions to Lorenzian and complex hyperbolic geometry, and representation varieties of surface groups into PSL(2, ℝ) and other semi-simple Lie groups. This volume will serve as a useful portal to students and researchers in a vibrant and multi-faceted area of mathematics. |