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The algebraic characterization of geometric 4-manifolds /
This book describes work, largely that of the author, on the characterization of closed 4-manifolds in terms of familiar invariants such as Euler characteristic, fundamental group, and Stiefel-Whitney classes. Using techniques from homological group theory, the theory of 3-manifolds and topological...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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| Colección: | London Mathematical Society lecture note series ;
198. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book describes work, largely that of the author, on the characterization of closed 4-manifolds in terms of familiar invariants such as Euler characteristic, fundamental group, and Stiefel-Whitney classes. Using techniques from homological group theory, the theory of 3-manifolds and topological surgery, infrasolvmanifolds are characterized up to homeomorphism, and surface bundles are characterized up to simple homotopy equivalence. Non-orientable cases are also considered wherever possible, and in the final chapter the results obtained earlier are applied to 2-knots and complex analytic surfaces. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in low-dimensional topology. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 170 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical reference (pages 160-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107362086 1107362083 9780511526350 0511526350 |