Orderable groups and topology

This thesis examines some connections between topology and group theory, in particular the theory of orderable groups. It investigates in close detail some landmark results on this mathematical interface, beginning with Holder's Theorem, and touches upon some recent results in this expanding...

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Main Author: Wilmarth, Constance
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11015