Algebraic L-Theory and Topological Manifolds

by Andrew Ranicki

Book Overview

This book presents the definitive account of the applications of this algebra to the surgery classification of topological manifolds. The central result is the identification of a manifold structure in the homotopy type of a Poincar duality space with a local quadratic structure in the chain homotopy type of the universal cover. The difference between the homotopy types of manifolds and Poincar duality spaces is identified with the fibre of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521055210
• ISBN13: 9780521055215
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"