most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-23T21:42:14Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/52302 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/52302/how-about-this-book-topological-methods-in-group-theory honglangwang 2011-01-17T10:08:51Z 2011-01-17T12:22:04Z

<p>Topological Methods in Group Theory witten by Ross Geoghegan What about this book?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/52302/how-about-this-book-topological-methods-in-group-theory/52308#52308 Michele Triestino 2011-01-17T12:22:04Z 2011-01-17T12:22:04Z

<p>I can just review the first half of the book. In order, the short introduction of general topology is too short, a good reference would have been preferable. For the following, the theory of CW complexes requires a tough notation and technicalities in proofs and definitions. Furthermore, proofs are not so easy to read, since Geoghegan uses frequently expressions like "using Theorem 3.14.5 we get that..." so you are obliged to jump back many many times.</p> <p>Though, I've found this book pretty good. The spirit is always geometric and you can find a good amount of interesting results of the last three decades.</p>