A Course on Surgery Theory: (AMS-211)
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A Course on Surgery Theory: (AMS-211)
By (Author) Stanley Chang
By (author) Shmuel Weinberger
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th April 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Geometry
Algebraic geometry
Algebraic topology
Mathematical physics
516.07
Physical Properties
Hardback
472
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
An advanced treatment of surgery theory for graduate students and researchers Surgery theory, a subfield of geometric topology, is the study of the classifications of manifolds. A Course on Surgery Theory offers a modern look at this important mathematical discipline and some of its applications. In this book, Stanley Chang and Shmuel Weinb
Reviews
"A valuable source of knowledge (for graduate students and researchers) on surgery theory and its applications."---Krzysztof M. Pawaowski, ZbMATH Open
Author Bio
Stanley Chang is the Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Mathematics at Wellesley College. Shmuel Weinberger is the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago. Weinberger is the author of The Topological Classification of Stratified Spaces and Computers, Rigidity, and Moduli.
