Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology

By Colin P. Rourke, B.J. Sanderson, Colin P. Rourke

The first five chapters of this book form an introductory course in piece- wise-linear topology in which no assumptions are made other than basic topological notions. This course would be suitable as a second course in topology with a geometric flavour, to follow a first course in point-set topology, andi)erhaps to be given as a final year undergraduate course. The whole book gives an account of handle theory in a piecewise- linear setting and could be the basis of a first year postgraduate lecture or reading course. Some results from algebraic topology are needed for handle theory and these are collected in an appendix. In a second appen- dix are listed the properties of Whitehead torsion which are used in the s-cobordism theorem. These appendices should enable a reader with only basic knowledge to complete the book. The book is also intended to form an introduction to modern geo- metric topology as a research subject, a bibliography of research papers being included. We have omittedacknowledgements and references from the main text and have collected these in a set of "historical notes" to be found after the appendices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540111026
• ISBN13: 9783540111023
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"