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OverviewThis book presents a geometric introduction to the homology of topological spaces and the cohomology of smooth manifolds. The author introduces a new class of stratified spaces, so-called stratifolds. He derives basic concepts from differential topology such as Sard's theorem, partitions of unity and transversality. Based on this, homology groups are constructed in the framework of stratifolds and the homology axioms are proved. This implies that for nice spaces these homology groups agree with ordinary singular homology. Besides the standard computations of homology groups using the axioms, straightforward constructions of important homology classes are given. The author also defines stratifold cohomology groups following an idea of Quillen. Again, certain important cohomology classes occur very naturally in this description, for example, the characteristic classes which are constructed in the book and applied later on. One of the most fundamental results, Poincare duality, is almost a triviality in this approach. Some fundamental invariants, such as the Euler characteristic and the signature, are derived from (co)homology groups. These invariants play a significant role in some of the most spectacular results in differential topology. In particular, the author proves a special case of Hirzebruch's signature theorem and presents as a highlight Milnor's exotic 7-spheres. This book is based on courses the author taught in Mainz and Heidelberg. Readers should be familiar with the basic notions of point-set topology and differential topology. The book can be used for a combined introduction to differential and algebraic topology, as well as for a quick presentation of (co)homology in a course about differential geometry. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthias KreckPublisher: American Mathematical Society Imprint: American Mathematical Society Edition: New ed. Volume: 110 Weight: 0.580kg ISBN: 9780821848982ISBN 10: 0821848984 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 30 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction A quick introduction to stratifolds Smooth manifolds revisited Stratifolds Stratifolds with boundary: 𝑐-stratifolds ℤ/2-homology The Mayer-Vietoris sequence and homology groups of spheres Brouwer’s fixed point theorem, separation, invariance of dimension Homology of some important spaces and the Euler characteristic Integral homology and the mapping degree A comparison theorem for homology theories and 𝐶𝑊-complexes Künneth’s theorem Some lens spaces and quaternionic generalizations Cohomology and Poincaré duality Induced maps and the cohomology axioms Products in cohomology and the Kronecker pairing The signature The Euler class Chern classes and Stiefel-Whitney classes Pontrjagin classes and applications to bordism Exotic 7-spheres Relation to ordinary singular (co)homology Appendix A: Constructions of stratifolds Appendix B: The detailed proof of the Mayer-Vietoris sequence Appendix C: The tensor product Bibliography IndexReviewsDifferential Algebraic Topology: From Stratifolds to Exotic Spheres is a good book. It is clearly written, has many good examples and illustrations, and, as befits a graduate-level text, exercises. It is a wonderful addition to the literature. - MAA Reviews This book is a very nice addition to the existing books on algebraic topology. A careful effort has been made to give the intuitive background when a new concept is introduced. This and the choice of topics makes reading the book a real pleasure. - Marko Kranjc, Mathematical Reviews Author InformationMatthias Kreck, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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