Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology (Springer Study Edition) - Softcover

Brian J. Sanderson, Colin P. Rourke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540111026 ISBN 13: 9783540111023

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1972

Inhaltsangabe

The first five chapters of this book form an introductory course in piece­ wise-linear topology in which no assumptions are made other than basic topological notions. This course would be suitable as a second course in topology with a geometric flavour, to follow a first course in point-set topology, andi)erhaps to be given as a final year undergraduate course. The whole book gives an account of handle theory in a piecewise­ linear setting and could be the basis of a first year postgraduate lecture or reading course. Some results from algebraic topology are needed for handle theory and these are collected in an appendix. In a second appen­ dix are listed the properties of Whitehead torsion which are used in the s-cobordism theorem. These appendices should enable a reader with only basic knowledge to complete the book. The book is also intended to form an introduction to modern geo­ metric topology as a research subject, a bibliography of research papers being included. We have omittedacknowledgements and references from the main text and have collected these in a set of "historical notes" to be found after the appendices.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1972
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540111026
• ISBN 13: 9783540111023
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136
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