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THE ALGEBRAIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GEOMETRIC 4-MANIFOLDS
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J. A. Hillman, N. J. Hitchin |
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0521467780 |
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9780521467780 |
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
3 February, 1994 |
Series: |
London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series No. 198 |
Pages: |
184 |
Description: |
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in low-dimensional topology. |
Synopsis: |
This book describes work, largely that of the author, 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. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in low-dimensional topology. |
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Cambridge University Press |
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