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Surveys on surgery theory. papers dedicated to C.T.C. Wall / Vol. 1 :
Surgery theory, the basis for the classification theory of manifolds, is now about forty years old. There have been some extraordinary accomplishments in that time, which have led to enormously varied interactions with algebra, analysis, and geometry. Workers in many of these areas have often lament...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Annals of mathematics studies ;
no. 145. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Surgery theory, the basis for the classification theory of manifolds, is now about forty years old. There have been some extraordinary accomplishments in that time, which have led to enormously varied interactions with algebra, analysis, and geometry. Workers in many of these areas have often lamented the lack of a single source that surveys surgery theory and its applications. Indeed, no one person could write such a survey. The sixtieth birthday of C.T.C. Wall, one of the leaders of the founding generation of surgery theory, provided an opportunity to rectify the situation and pr. |
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| Notas: | Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 22, 2014). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781400865192 1400865190 |