Topology of 4-Manifolds (PMS-39), Volume 39 / / Frank Quinn, Michael H. Freedman.

One of the great achievements of contemporary mathematics is the new understanding of four dimensions. Michael Freedman and Frank Quinn have been the principals in the geometric and topological development of this subject, proving the Poincar and Annulus conjectures respectively. Recognition for thi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1990
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Mathematical Series ; 1085
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. EMBEDDINGS OF DISKS
  • CHAPTER 1. BASIC TOOLS
  • CHAPTER 2. CAPPED GROPES
  • CHAPTER 3. CAPPED TOWERS
  • CHAPTER 4. PARAMETERIZATION OF CONVERGENT TOWERS
  • CHAPTER 5. THE EMBEDDING THEOREMS
  • CHAPTER 6. EMBEDDING UP TO S-COBORDISM
  • PART II. APPLICATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE OF MANIFOLDS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 7. h-COBORDISMS
  • CHAPTER 8. SMOOTH STRUCTURES
  • CHAPTER 9. HANDLEBODIES, NORMAL BUNDLES, AND TRANSVERSALITY
  • CHAPTER 10. CLASSIFICATIONS AND EMBEDDINGS
  • CHAPTER 11. SURGERY
  • CHAPTER 12. LINKS, AND REFORMULATIONS OF THE EMBEDDING PROBLEM
  • REFERENCES
  • Index of Notation
  • Index of Terminology