Table of Contents: Braids

Corporate Author:	National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Other Authors:	Berrick, A. J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.
Series:	Lecture notes series / Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, v. 19
Subjects:	Braid theory. Representations of groups.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10422172

Table of Contents:

Tutorial on the braid groups / Dale Rolfsen
Simplicial objects and homotopy groups / Jie Wu
Introduction to configuration spaces and their applications / Frederick R. Cohen
Configuration spaces, braids, and robotics / Robert Ghrist
Braids and magnetic fields / Mitchell A. Berger
Braid group cryptography / David Garber.