Geometric Topology in Dimensions 2 and 3

by Edwin Moise

Book Overview

Geometric topology may roughly be described as the branch of the topology of manifolds which deals with questions of the existence of homeomorphisms. Only in fairly recent years has this sort of topology achieved a sufficiently high development to be given a name, but its beginnings are easy to identify. The first classic result was the SchOnflies theorem (1910), which asserts that every 1-sphere in the plane is the boundary of a 2-cell. In the next...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146129908X
• ISBN13: 9781461299080
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"