Directed algebraic topology : models of non-reversible worlds /
This is the first authored book to be dedicated to the new field of directed algebraic topology that arose in the 1990s, in homotopy theory and in the theory of concurrent processes. Its general aim can be stated as 'modelling non-reversible phenomena' and its domain should be distinguishe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
Cambridge ; New York : 2009 Cambridge, UK ; New York : 2009 Cambridge, UK ; New York : c2009 Cambridge ; New York : 2009 |
| Series: | New mathematical monographs ;
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| Summary: | This is the first authored book to be dedicated to the new field of directed algebraic topology that arose in the 1990s, in homotopy theory and in the theory of concurrent processes. Its general aim can be stated as 'modelling non-reversible phenomena' and its domain should be distinguished from that of classical algebraic topology by the principle that directed spaces have privileged directions and directed paths therein need not be reversible. Its homotopical tools (corresponding in the classical case to ordinary homotopies, fundamental group and fundamental groupoid) should be similarly 'non-reversible': directed homotopies, fundamental monoid and fundamental category. Homotopy constructions occur here in a directed version, which gives rise to new 'shapes', like directed cones and directed spheres. Applications will deal with domains where privileged directions appear, including rewrite systems, traffic networks and biological systems. The most developed examples can be found in the area of concurrency |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | ix, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm ix, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-423) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-426) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-423) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [418]-423) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0521760364 (cased) 0521760364 (hbk.) 0521760364 9780521760362 (cased) 9780521760362 (hbk.) 9780521760362 |