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...

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1. Verfasser:	Hillman, Jonathan A. 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Schriftenreihe:	London Mathematical Society lecture note series 198
Schlagworte:	Four-manifolds (Topology) Homotopy theory Dimension 4 Mannigfaltigkeit
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	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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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 170 pages)
ISBN:	9780511526350
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511526350