| Differential Topology Contributor(s): Wall, C. T. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107153522 ISBN-13: 9781107153523 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $88.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Dewey: 514.72 |
| LCCN: 2016427857 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 353 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exploring the full scope of differential topology, this comprehensive account of geometric techniques for studying the topology of smooth manifolds offers a wide perspective on the field. Building up from first principles, concepts of manifolds are introduced, supplemented by thorough appendices giving background on topology and homotopy theory. Deep results are then developed from these foundations through in-depth treatments of the notions of general position and transversality, proper actions of Lie groups, handles (up to the h-cobordism theorem), immersions and embeddings, concluding with the surgery procedure and cobordism theory. Fully illustrated and rigorous in its approach, little prior knowledge is assumed, and yet growing complexity is instilled throughout. This structure gives advanced students and researchers an accessible route into the wide-ranging field of differential topology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wall, C. T. C.: - C. T. C. Wall is Emeritus Professor in the Division of Pure Mathematics at the University of Liverpool. During his career he has held positions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and has been invited as a major speaker to numerous conferences in Europe, the USA and South America. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969. |