Braids and braid groups form central objects in knot theory and three-dimensional topology. Based on lectures given by the authors at the Bourbaki Seminar and i... » 

Braids and braid groups form central objects in knot theory and three-dimensional topology. Based on lectures given by the authors at the Bourbaki Seminar and in a graduate course, this book presents the developments in this field, with a focus on the linearity and orderability of braid groups. «