Affiliation:
1. Department of Mathematics and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Abstract
With the untimely passing of Patrick Dehornoy in September 2019, the world of mathematics lost a brilliant scholar who made profound contributions to set theory, algebra, topology, and even computer science and cryptography. And I lost a dear friend and a strong influence in the direction of my own research in mathematics. In this paper, I will concentrate on his remarkable discovery that the braid groups are left-orderable, and its consequences, and its strong influence on my own research. I’ll begin by describing how I learned of his work.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Subject
Algebra and Number Theory
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