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The Reidemeister Torsion of 3-Manifolds

By Liviu I. Nicolaescu

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2002
ISBN
3110173832, 9783110173833
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1182871 bytes)
Series
De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics
Pages
264\264
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-10 16:00:00

Description

This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest topological (but not with respect to homotopy) invariant that in its almost eight decades of existence has been at the center of many important and surprising discoveries. During the past decade, in the work of Vladimir Turaev, new points of view have emerged, which turned out to be the "right ones" as far as gauge theory is concerned. The book features mostly the new aspects of this venerable concept. The theoretical foundations of this subject are presented in a style accessible to those, who wish to learn and understand the main ideas of the theory. Particular emphasis is upon the many and rather diverse concrete examples and techniques which capture the subleties of the

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