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Geometry, Rigidity, and Group Actions
Benson Farb
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Description for Geometry, Rigidity, and Group Actions
Hardcover. Explores the role of group actions and rigidity in several areas of mathematics, including ergodic theory, dynamics, geometry, topology, and the algebraic properties of representation varieties. Editor(s): Farb, Benson; Fisher, David. Series: Chicago Lectures in Mathematics. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBF; PBM; PBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002.
The study of group actions is more than a hundred years old but remains to this day a vibrant and widely studied topic in a variety of mathematic fields. A central development in the last fifty years is the phenomenon of rigidity, whereby one can classify actions of certain groups, such as lattices in semi-simple Lie groups. This provides a way to classify all possible symmetries of important spaces and all spaces admitting given symmetries. Paradigmatic results can be found in the seminal work of George Mostow, Gregory Margulis, and Robert J. Zimmer, among others. The papers in "Geometry, Rigidity, ... Read more
The study of group actions is more than a hundred years old but remains to this day a vibrant and widely studied topic in a variety of mathematic fields. A central development in the last fifty years is the phenomenon of rigidity, whereby one can classify actions of certain groups, such as lattices in semi-simple Lie groups. This provides a way to classify all possible symmetries of important spaces and all spaces admitting given symmetries. Paradigmatic results can be found in the seminal work of George Mostow, Gregory Margulis, and Robert J. Zimmer, among others. The papers in "Geometry, Rigidity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Lectures in Mathematics
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226237886
SKU
V9780226237886
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About Benson Farb
Benson Farb is professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Problems on Mapping Class Groups and Related Topics and coauthor of Noncommutative Algebra. David Fisher is professor of mathematics at Indiana University.
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