Casson's invariant for oriented homology 3-spheres : an exposition /

In the spring of 1985, A. Casson announced an interesting invariant of homology 3-spheres via constructions on representation spaces. This invariant generalizes the Rohlin invariant and gives surprising corollaries in low-dimensional topology. In the fall of that same year, Selman Akbulut and John M...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Akbulut, Selman, 1949-
Other Authors: McCarthy, John D., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990.
Series:Mathematical notes (Princeton University Press) ; 36.
Subjects:
Three-manifolds (Topology)
Invariants.
Variétés topologiques à 3 dimensions.
MATHEMATICS > Topology.
Mannigfaltigkeit
Dimension 3
Invariantentheorie
Homologie
Topologia.
Variedades de dimensão baixa.
Mannigfaltigkeit.
Dimension 3.
Invariantentheorie.
Homologie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; I: Representation Spaces; II: Heegard Decompositions and Stable Equivalence; III: Representation Spaces Associated to Heegard Decompositions; IV: Casson''s Invariant for Oriented Homology 3-Spheres; V: Casson''s Invariant for Knots in Homology 3-Spheres; VI: The Topology of the Space of Representations.

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