Introductory lectures on manifold topology : signposts Thomas Farrell, Yang Su
By: Farrell, F. Thomas [author].
Contributor(s): Su, Yang [author.].
Material type: TextSeries: 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 topologyItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | Chennai Mathematical Institute General Stacks | 514.34 FAR (Browse shelf) | Available | 9505 |
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