| The Algebraic Characterization of Geometric 4-Manifolds Contributor(s): Hillman, J. A. (Author), Hillman, Jonathan A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521467780 ISBN-13: 9780521467780 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: This book describes work on the characterization of closed 4-manifolds in terms of familiar invariants such as Euler characteristic, fundamental group, and Stiefel-Whitney classes. Using techniques from homological group theory, the theory of 3-manifolds and topological surgery, infrasolvmanifolds are characterized up to homeomorphism, and surface bundles are characterized up to simple homotopy equivalence. Non-orientable cases are also considered wherever possible, and in the final chapter the results obtained earlier are applied to 2-knots and complex analytic surfaces. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - General - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Dewey: 514.3 |
| LCCN: 94231096 |
| Series: London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6" W x 8.95" (0.50 lbs) 184 pages |