Introduction to Knot Theory

• Grant number: 11/00377-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2011
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Principal Investigator: Alice Kimie Miwa Libardi
• Grantee: Pablo Gonzalez Pagotto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main goal of this project is to prepare the student to a graduate course in mathematics. This project concerns about basic topics in Algebraic Topology, particularly in fundamental groups of surface, knot theory and braid groups.