Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology

by Norman Levitt and Olga Goloubeva

The book explores the possibility of extending the notions of Grassmannian and Gauss map to the PL category. They are distinguished from classifying space and classifying map which are essentially homotopy-theoretic notions. The analogs of Grassmannian and Gauss map defined incorporate geometric and combinatorial information. Principal applications involve characteristic class theory, smoothing theory, and the existence of immersion satifying certain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540507566
• ISBN13: 9783540507567
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"