Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 From Complex Analysis to Riemann Surfaces
- 2 Introduction to Manifolds
- 3 Riemann Surfaces
- 4 Maps of Riemann Surfaces
- 5 Loops and Lifts
- 6 Counting Maps
- 7 Counting Monodromy Representations
- 8 Representation Theory of Sd
- 9 Hurwitz Numbers and Z(Sd)
- 10 The Hurwitz Potential
- Appendix A Hurwitz Theory in Positive Characteristic
- Appendix B Tropical Hurwitz Numbers
- Appendix C Hurwitz Spaces
- Appendix D Does Physics Have Anything to Say About Hurwitz Numbers?
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 From Complex Analysis to Riemann Surfaces
- 2 Introduction to Manifolds
- 3 Riemann Surfaces
- 4 Maps of Riemann Surfaces
- 5 Loops and Lifts
- 6 Counting Maps
- 7 Counting Monodromy Representations
- 8 Representation Theory of Sd
- 9 Hurwitz Numbers and Z(Sd)
- 10 The Hurwitz Potential
- Appendix A Hurwitz Theory in Positive Characteristic
- Appendix B Tropical Hurwitz Numbers
- Appendix C Hurwitz Spaces
- Appendix D Does Physics Have Anything to Say About Hurwitz Numbers?
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Riemann Surfaces and Algebraic CurvesA First Course in Hurwitz Theory, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016