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Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist is a fun and enticing introduction to a growing field of mathematics. It provides a valuable and much-needed resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. -Ruth Charney, Brandeis University Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist takes students on a journey from a standard mathematical education into the realm of active and lively research, encouraging them to jump right into the thick of the subject by teaching them the basics in a no-nonsense, efficient, and pleasant way. Students will enjoy the ride. -Nicolas Monod, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Original and encyclopedic. -Daniel Groves, University of Illinois, Chicago This book is a gentle introduction to the basics, and some of the gems, of geometric group theory. It gives a good flavor for many aspects of the field, the writing is clear and interesting, and there is an emphasis on examples. This is a great place to send students, both undergraduate and graduate, for a first look at geometric group theory. -Benson Farb, University of Chicago

Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist is a fun and enticing introduction to a growing field of mathematics. It provides a valuable and much-needed resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. --Ruth Charney, Brandeis University One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018 In a book with this many authors, it might be expected that their individual contributions would vary significantly in terms of accessibility and readability, but in fact this turned out (presumably as a result of careful editing) not to be the case: the office hours are of uniformly high quality in both of these regards. Their informal, conversational tone should appeal to students (and also to non-specialist faculty who want to learn something about these topics). ---Mark Hunacek, Mathematical Gazette Original and encyclopedic. --Daniel Groves, University of Illinois, Chicago This book is a gentle introduction to the basics, and some of the gems, of geometric group theory. It gives a good flavor for many aspects of the field, the writing is clear and interesting, and there is an emphasis on examples. This is a great place to send students, both undergraduate and graduate, for a first look at geometric group theory. --Benson Farb, University of Chicago

Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist is a fun and enticing introduction to a growing field of mathematics. It provides a valuable and much-needed resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. --Ruth Charney, Brandeis University In a book with this many authors, it might be expected that their individual contributions would vary significantly in terms of accessibility and readability, but in fact this turned out (presumably as a result of careful editing) not to be the case: the office hours are of uniformly high quality in both of these regards. Their informal, conversational tone should appeal to students (and also to non-specialist faculty who want to learn something about these topics). ---Mark Hunacek, Mathematical Gazette Original and encyclopedic. --Daniel Groves, University of Illinois, Chicago This book is a gentle introduction to the basics, and some of the gems, of geometric group theory. It gives a good flavor for many aspects of the field, the writing is clear and interesting, and there is an emphasis on examples. This is a great place to send students, both undergraduate and graduate, for a first look at geometric group theory. --Benson Farb, University of Chicago

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Matt Clay is associate professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas. Dan Margalit is professor of mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (Princeton).

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