The wild world of 4-manifolds:

"This book offers a panorama of the topology of simply-connected smooth manifolds of dimension four. Dimension four is unlike any other dimension; it is large enough to have room for wild things to happen, but small enough so that there is no room to undo the wildness. For example, only manifol...

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Main Author: Scorpan, Alexandru (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Providence, R.I. American Mathematical Society 2005
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This book offers a panorama of the topology of simply-connected smooth manifolds of dimension four. Dimension four is unlike any other dimension; it is large enough to have room for wild things to happen, but small enough so that there is no room to undo the wildness. For example, only manifolds of dimension four can exhibit infinitely many distinct smooth structures. Indeed, their topology remains the least understood today." "The structure of the book is modular, organized into a main track of about 200 pages, augmented by extensive notes at the end of each chapter, where many extra details, proofs and developments are presented. To help the reader, the text is peppered with over 250 illustrations and has an extensive index."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-585) and index
Physical Description:xvii, 609 p. ill. 27 cm
ISBN:0821837494
9781470468613