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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Colin P. Rourke , B.J. SandersonPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.220kg ISBN: 9783540111023ISBN 10: 3540111026 Pages: 126 Publication Date: 01 January 1982 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Polyhedra and P.L. Maps.- Basic Notation.- Joins and Cones.- Polyhedra.- Piecewise-Linear Maps.- The Standard Mistake.- P. L. Embeddings.- Manifolds.- Balls and Spheres.- The Poincaré Conjecture and the h-Cobordism Theorem..- 2. Complexes.- Simplexes.- Cells.- Cell Complexes.- Subdivisions.- Simplicial Complexes.- Simplicial Maps.- Triangulations.- Subdividing Diagrams of Maps.- Derived Subdivisions.- Abstract Isomorphism of Cell Complexes.- Pseudo-Radial Projection.- External Joins.- Collars.- Appendix to Chapter 2. On Convex Cells.- 3. Regular Neighbourhoods.- Full Subcomplexes.- Derived Neighbourhoods.- Regular Neighbourhoods.- Regular Neighbourhoods in Manifolds.- Isotopy Uniqueness of Regular Neighbourhoods.- Collapsing.- Remarks on Simple Homotopy Type.- Shelling.- Orientation.- Connected Sums.- Schönflies Conjecture.- 4. Pairs of Polyhedra and Isotopies.- Links and Stars.- Collars.- Regular Neighbourhoods.- Simplicial Neighbourhood Theorem for Pairs.- Collapsing and Shellingfor Pairs.- Application to Cellular Moves.- Disc Theorem for Pairs.- Isotopy Extension.- 5. General Position and Applications.- General Position.- Embedding and Unknotting.- Piping.- Whitney Lemma and Unlinking Spheres.- Non-Simply-Connected Whitney Lemma.- 6. Handle Theory.- Handles on a Cobordism.- Reordering Handles.- Handles of Adjacent Index.- Complementary Handles.- Adding Handles.- Handle Decompositions.- The CW Complex Associated with a Decomposition.- The Duality Theorems.- Simplifying Handle Decompositions.- Proof of the h-Cobordism Theorem.- The Relative Case.- The Non-Simply-Connected Case.- Constructing h-Cobordisms.- 7. Applications.- Unknotting Balls and Spheres in Codimension ? 3.- A Criterion for Unknotting in Codimension 2.- Weak 5-Dimensional Theorems.- Engulfing.- Embedding Manifolds.- Appendix A. Algebraic Results.- A. 1 Homology.- A. 2 Geometric Interpretation of Homology.- A. 3 Homology Groups of Spheres.- A. 4 Cohomology.- A. 5 Coefficients.- A. 6 Homotopy Groups.- A. 8 The Universal Cover.- Appendix B. Torsion.- B. 1 Geometrical Definition of Torsion.- B. 2 Geometrical Properties of Torsion.- B. 3 Algebraic Definition of Torsion.- B. 4 Torsion and Polyhedra.- B. 5 Torsion and Homotopy Equivalences.- Historical Notes.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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