Overview

This book aims to provide undergraduates with an understanding of geometric topology. Topics covered include a sampling from point-set, geometric, and algebraic topology. The presentation is pragmatic, avoiding the famous pedagogical method ""whereby one begins with the general and proceeds to the particular only after the student is too confused to understand it."" Exercises are an integral part of the text. Students taking the course should have some knowledge of linear algebra. An appendix provides a brief survey of the necessary background of group theory.

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Author:   L.Christine Kinsey
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. 1993. Corr. 2nd printing 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9780387941028

ISBN 10:   0387941029
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   08 October 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to topology.- 1.1. An overview.- 2. Point-set topology in ?n.- 2.1. Open and closed sets in ?n.- 2.2. Relative neighborhoods.- 2.3. Continuity.- 2.4. Compact sets.- 2.5. Connected sets.- 2.6. Applications.- 3. Point-set topology.- 3.1. Open sets and neighborhoods.- 3.2. Continuity, connectedness, and compactness.- 3.3. Separation axioms.- 3.4. Product spaces.- 3.5. Quotient spaces.- 4. Surfaces.- 4.1. Examples of complexes.- 4.2. Cell complexes.- 4.3. Surfaces.- 4.4. Triangulations.- 4.5. Classification of surfaces.- 4.6. Surfaces with boundary.- 5. The euler characteristic.- 5.1. Topological invariants.- 5.2. Graphs and trees.- 5.3. The euler characteristic and the sphere.- 5.4. The euler characteristic and surfaces.- 5.5. Map-coloring problems.- 5.6. Graphs revisited.- 6. Homology.- 6.1. The algebra of chains.- 6.2. Simplicial complexes.- 6.3. Homology.- 6.4. More computations.- 6.5. Betti numbers and the euler characteristic.- 7. Cellular functions.- 7.1. Cellular functions.- 7.2. Homology and cellular functions.- 7.3. Examples.- 7.4. Covering spaces.- 8. Invariance of homology.- 8.1. Invariance of homology for surfaces.- 8.2. The Simplicial Approximation Theorem.- 9. Homotopy.- 9.1. Homotopy and homology.- 9.2. The fundamental group.- 10. Miscellany.- 10.1. Applications.- 10.2. The Jordan Curve Theorem.- 10.3. 3-manifolds.- 11. Topology and calculus.- 11.1. Vector fields and differential equations in ?n.- 11.2. Differentiable manifolds.- 11.3. Vector fields on manifolds.- 11.4. Integration on manifolds.- Appendix: Groups.- References.

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