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Coxeter Matroids Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Borovik, Alexandre V. (Author), Borovik, A. (Illustrator), Gelfand, Israel M. (Author)
ISBN: 1461274001     ISBN-13: 9781461274001
Publisher: Birkhauser
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Geometry - Algebraic
- Medical
- Mathematics | Algebra - General
Dewey: 511.6
Series: Progress in Mathematics
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 266 pages
 
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Matroids appear in diverse areas of mathematics, from combinatorics to algebraic topology and geometry. This largely self-contained work provides an intuitive and interdisciplinary treatment of Coxeter matroids, a new and beautiful generalization of matroids which is based on a finite Coxeter group.

Key topics and features:

* Systematic, clearly written exposition with ample references to current research

* Matroids are examined in terms of symmetric and finite reflection groups

* Finite reflection groups and Coxeter groups are developed from scratch

* The Gelfand-Serganova Theorem is presented, allowing for a geometric interpretation of matroids and Coxeter matroids as convex polytopes with certain symmetry properties

* Matroid representations and combinatorial flag varieties are studied in the final chapter

* Many exercises throughout

* Excellent bibliography and index

Accessible to graduate students and research mathematicians alike, Coxeter Matroids can be used as an introductory survey, a graduate course text, or a reference volume.