Download or read book Geometric Galois Actions: Volume 2, The Inverse Galois Problem, Moduli Spaces and Mapping Class Groups written by Leila Schneps and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys progress in the domains described in the hitherto unpublished manuscript "Esquisse d'un Programme" (Sketch of a Program) by Alexander Grothendieck. It will be of wide interest amongst workers in algebraic geometry, number theory, algebra and topology.