Three-Dimensional Link Theory and Invariants of Plane Curve Singularities. (AM-110), Volume 110 / / Walter D. Neumann, David Eisenbud.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Annals of Mathematics eBook-Package 1940-2020
• VerfasserIn: Eisenbud, David,; Neumann, Walter D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies ; 110
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abstract --; Three-Dimensional Link Theory and Invariants of Plane Curve Singularities --; Introduction --; Review --; Preview --; Chapter I: Foundations --; Appendix to Chapter I: Algebraic Links --; Chapter II: Classification --; Chapter III: Invariants --; Chapter IV: Examples --; Chapter V: Relation to Plumbing --; References --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400881925; 9783110494914; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400881925
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Walter D. Neumann, David Eisenbud.

This book gives a new foundation for the theory of links in 3-space modeled on the modern developmentby Jaco, Shalen, Johannson, Thurston et al. of the theory of 3-manifolds. The basic construction is a method of obtaining any link by "splicing" links of the simplest kinds, namely those whose exteriors are Seifert fibered or hyperbolic. This approach to link theory is particularly attractive since most invariants of links are additive under splicing.Specially distinguished from this viewpoint is the class of links, none of whose splice components is hyperbolic. It includes all links constructed by cabling and connected sums, in particular all links of singularities of complex plane curves. One of the main contributions of this monograph is the calculation of invariants of these classes of links, such as the Alexander polynomials, monodromy, and Seifert forms.