This outstanding new book presents the modern, geometric approach to group theory, in an accessible and engaging approach to the subject. Topics include group a

This outstanding new book presents the modern, geometric approach to group theory, in an accessible and engaging approach to the subject. Topics include group a

Originally published in 1989, this is an advanced text and research monograph on groups acting on low-dimensional topological spaces, and for the most part the

The seminal ideas of this book played a key role in the development of group theory since the 70s. Several generations of mathematicians learned geometric ideas