Smoothings of Piecewise Linear Manifolds

by Morris W. Hirsch and Barry Mazur

The intention of the authors is to examine the relationship between piecewise linear structure and differential structure: a relationship, they assert, that can be understood as a homotopy obstruction theory, and, hence, can be studied by using the traditional techniques of algebraic topology.

Thus the book attacks the problem of existence and classification (up to isotopy) of differential structures compatible with a given combinatorial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069108145X
• ISBN13: 9780691081458
• Release Date: October 1974
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"