Relational Knowledge Discovery

Thesenotescompriseanintroductiontocombinatorialgrouptheoryandrepresentanextensiverevisionoftheauthor'searlierbookinthisseries,whicharosefromlecturestofinal-yearundergraduatesandfirst-yeargraduatesattheUniversityofNottingham.Manynewexamplesandexerciseshavebeenaddedandthetreatmentofanumberoftopicshasbeenimprovedandexpanded.Inaddition,therearenewchaptersonthetrianglegroups,smallcancellationtheoryandgroupsfromtopology.Theconnectionsbetweenthetheoryofgrouppresentationsandotherareasofmathematicsareemphasizedthroughout.Thebookcanbeusedasatextforbeginningresearchstudentsand,forspecialistsinotherfields,servesasanintroductionbothtothesubjectandtomoreadvancedtreatises.