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Introductory lectures on manifold topology : signposts Thomas Farrell, Yang Su

By: Farrell, F. Thomas, 1941- [author].
Contributor(s): Su, Yang [author.].
Material type: TextTextSeries: Surveys of modern mathematics ; 7.Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts International Press c2014Description: ii, 128 pages, USD 58.00 ill.; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781571462879 (pbk.).Subject(s): Algebraic topology
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The h-cobordism theorem -- 3. The s-cobordism theorem -- 4. Some classical results -- 5. Exotic spheres and surgery -- 6. Hauptvermutung.
Summary: Since the 1950s, many new ideas and tools from algebra, and algebraic and geometric topology, have been applied to study the structure of high-dimensional differential and topological manifolds, and so today it can be difficult for beginners to delve through the literature. This volume is a helpful guide to the basic concepts and results of topology of manifolds -- including the h- and s-cobordism theorems, topological invariance of rational Pontryagin classes, surgery theory, and algebraic K-theory
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The h-cobordism theorem -- 3. The s-cobordism theorem -- 4. Some classical results -- 5. Exotic spheres and surgery -- 6. Hauptvermutung.

Since the 1950s, many new ideas and tools from algebra, and algebraic and geometric topology, have been applied to study the structure of high-dimensional differential and topological manifolds, and so today it can be difficult for beginners to delve through the literature. This volume is a helpful guide to the basic concepts and results of topology of manifolds -- including the h- and s-cobordism theorems, topological invariance of rational Pontryagin classes, surgery theory, and algebraic K-theory