The Algebraic Characterization of Geometric 4-Manifolds

by J.A. Hillman

This book describes work, largely that of the author, on the characterization of closed 4-manifolds in terms of familiar invariants such as Euler characteristic, fundamental group, and Stiefel-Whitney classes. Using techniques from homological group theory, the theory of 3-manifolds and topological surgery, infrasolvmanifolds are characterized up to homeomorphism, and surface bundles are characterized up to simple homotopy equivalence. Non-orientable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521467780
• ISBN13: 9780521467780
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"