Using the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem: Lectures on Topological Methods in Combinatorics and Geometry

by Jiří Matoušek

A number of important results in combinatorics, discrete geometry, and theoretical computer science have been proved using algebraic topology. While the results are quite famous, their proofs are not so widely understood. This book is the first textbook treatment of a significant part of these results. It focuses on so-called equivariant methods, based on the Borsuk-Ulam theorem and its generalizations. The topological tools are intentionally kept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540003622
• ISBN13: 9783540003625
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"