A Primer on Mapping Class Groups - Farb, Benson

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Résumé :
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Biographie:
Benson Farb is professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Problems on Mapping Class Groups and Related Topics and the coauthor of Noncommutative Algebra. Dan Margalit is assistant professor of mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sommaire:
["ELLIPTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND QUASICONFORMAL MAPPINGS IN THE PLANE","THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY VOLUME 1","REAL SUBMANIFOLDS IN COMPLEX SPACE AND THEIR MAPPINGS","ABELIAN VARIETIES WITH COMPLEX MULTIPLICATION AND MODULAR FUNCTIONS","COHOMOLOGICAL INDUCTION AND UNITARY REPRESENTATIONS","HARMONIC ANALYSIS : REAL-VARIABLE METHODS, ORTHOGONALITY, AND OSCILLATORY INTEGRALS","SPIN GEOMETRY","REPRESENTATION THEORY OF SEMISIMPLE GROUPS : AN OVERVIEW BASED ON EXAMPLES"]

It is clear that a lot of care has been taken in the production of this book, something that indicates the authors? love for the subject. This book should now become the standard text for the subject.--Stephen P Humphries, Mathematical Reviews [T]his is a very pleasant and appealing book and it is an excellent reference for any reader willing to learn about this fascinating part of mathematics.--Raquel D?az, ?lvaro Mart?nez, European Mathematical Society