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Foundational Essays on Topological Manifolds, Smoothings, and Triangulations. (AM-88), Volume 88
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Foundational Essays on Topological Manifolds, Smoothings, and Triangulations. (AM-88), Volume 88
Contributors:
By (Author) Robion C. Kirby
By (author) Laurence C. Siebenmann
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
29th July 1977
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Professional and Scholarly
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
514.3
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
368
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
539g
Description
Since Poincare's time, topologists have been most concerned with three species of manifold. The most primitive of these--the TOP manifolds--remained rather mysterious until 1968, when Kirby discovered his now famous torus unfurling device. A period of rapid progress with TOP manifolds ensued, including, in 1969, Siebenmann's refutation of the Haupt
