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Torsions of 3-dimensional Manifolds

By V. Turaev

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser
Year
2003
ISBN
3764369116, 9783764369118
LCC
QA613.2 .T87 2002
Open Library ID
OL3565865M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2855223 bytes)
Series
Progress in Mathematics
Edition
1
Pages
196\196
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

The book is concerned with one of the most interesting and important topological invariants of 3-dimensional manifolds based on an original idea of Kurt Reidemeister (1935). This invariant, called the maximal abelian torsion, was introduced by the author in 1976. The purpose of the book is to give a systematic exposition of the theory of maximal abelian torsions of 3-manifolds. Apart from publication in scientific journals, many results are recent and appear here for the first time. Students and researchers with basic background in algebraic topology and low-dimensional topology will benefit from this monograph. Previous knowledge of the theory of torsions is not required. Numerous exercises and historical remarks as well as a collection of open problems complete the exposition.

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