High-Dimensional Knot Theory: Algebraic Surgery in Codimension 2

by Andrew Ranicki

Book Overview

High-dimensional knot theory is the study of the embeddings of n-dimensional manifolds in (n+2)-dimensional manifolds, generalizing the traditional study of knots in the case n=1. The main theme is the application of the author's algebraic theory of surgery to provide a unified treatment of the invariants of codimension 2 embeddings, generalizing the Alexander polynomials and Seifert forms of classical knot theory. Many results in the research literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540633898
• ISBN13: 9783540633891
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"