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Fundamental Groups and Covering Spaces.

"This introductory textbook describes fundamental groups and their topological soul mates, the covering spaces. The author provides several illustrative examples that touch upon different areas of mathematics, but in keeping with the books introductory aim, they are all quite elementary. Basic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lima, Elon Lages
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Natick : CRC Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I Fundamental Groups
  • Chapter 1 Homotopy
  • Chapter 2 The Fundamental Group
  • Chapter 3 Some Examples and Applications
  • Chapter 4 Classical Matrix Groups
  • Chapter 5 The Winding Number
  • Part II Covering Spaces
  • Chapter 6 Covering Spaces
  • Chapter 7 Covering Maps and Fundamental Groups
  • Chapter 8 Oriented Double Covering
  • Appendix Proper Maps
  • Bibliography
  • Index