| Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology 1982 Edition Contributor(s): Rourke, Colin P. (Author), Sanderson, B. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3540111026 ISBN-13: 9783540111023 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1982 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Dewey: 514 |
| Series: Springer Study Edition |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.44 lbs) 126 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 omitted acknowledgements and references from the main text and have collected these in a set of "historical notes" to be found after the appendices. |