The Reidemeister Torsion of 3-Manifolds : the Reidemeister Torsion of 3-Manifolds.
This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest topological (but not with respect to homotopy) invariant that in its almost eight decades of existence has been at t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston :
De Gruyter,
2003.
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| Series: | De Gruyter studies in mathematics.
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| Summary: | This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest topological (but not with respect to homotopy) invariant that in its almost eight decades of existence has been at the center of many important and surprising discoveries. During the past decade, in the work of Vladimir Turaev, new points of view have emerged, which turned out to be the ""right ones"" as far as gauge theory is concerned. The book features mostly the new aspects of this venerable concept. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783110198102 311019810X |