Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
Reihe: Surveys of Modern Mathematics
ISBN: 978-1-57146-287-9
Verlag: International Press of Boston, Inc
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.