Algebraic Topology: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) - Softcover

Fulton, Mr William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387943269 ISBN 13: 9780387943268

Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1995

Inhaltsangabe

To the Teacher. This book is designed to introduce a student to some of the important ideas of algebraic topology by emphasizing the re­ lations of these ideas with other areas of mathematics. Rather than choosing one point of view of modem topology (homotopy theory, simplicial complexes, singular theory, axiomatic homology, differ­ ential topology, etc.), we concentrate our attention on concrete prob­ lems in low dimensions, introducing only as much algebraic machin­ ery as necessary for the problems we meet. This makes it possible to see a wider variety of important features of the subject than is usual in a beginning text. The book is designed for students of mathematics or science who are not aiming to become practicing algebraic topol­ ogists-without, we hope, discouraging budding topologists. We also feel that this approach is in better harmony with the historical devel­ opment of the subject. What would we like a student to know after a first course in to­ pology (assuming we reject the answer: half of what one would like the student to know after a second course in topology)? Our answers to this have guided the choice of material, which includes: under­ standing the relation between homology and integration, first on plane domains, later on Riemann surfaces and in higher dimensions; wind­ ing numbers and degrees of mappings, fixed-point theorems; appli­ cations such as the Jordan curve theorem, invariance of domain; in­ dices of vector fields and Euler characteristics; fundamental groups

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0387943269
• ISBN 13: 9780387943268
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar