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Introduction to Combinatorial Torsions
V. G. Turaev
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Description for Introduction to Combinatorial Torsions
Paperback. Offers an introduction to combinatorial torsions of cellular spaces and manifolds with emphasis on torsions of 3-dimensional manifolds. This book describes the results of G Meng, C H Taubes and the author on the connections between the refined torsions and the Seiberg-Witten invariant of 3-manifolds. Series: Lectures in Mathematics. Num Pages: 124 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
This book is an extended version of the notes of my lecture course given at ETH in spring 1999. The course was intended as an introduction to combinatorial torsions and their relations to the famous Seiberg-Witten invariants. Torsions were introduced originally in the 3-dimensional setting by K. Rei- demeister (1935) who used them to give a homeomorphism classification of 3-dimensional lens spaces. The Reidemeister torsions are defined using simple linear algebra and standard notions of combinatorial topology: triangulations (or, more generally, CW-decompositions), coverings, cellular chain complexes, etc. The Reidemeister torsions were generalized to arbitrary dimensions by W. Franz (1935) and ... Read more
This book is an extended version of the notes of my lecture course given at ETH in spring 1999. The course was intended as an introduction to combinatorial torsions and their relations to the famous Seiberg-Witten invariants. Torsions were introduced originally in the 3-dimensional setting by K. Rei- demeister (1935) who used them to give a homeomorphism classification of 3-dimensional lens spaces. The Reidemeister torsions are defined using simple linear algebra and standard notions of combinatorial topology: triangulations (or, more generally, CW-decompositions), coverings, cellular chain complexes, etc. The Reidemeister torsions were generalized to arbitrary dimensions by W. Franz (1935) and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
Series
Lectures in Mathematics
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764364038
SKU
V9783764364038
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Reviews for Introduction to Combinatorial Torsions
"[The book] contains much of the needed background material in topology and algebra…Concering the considerable material it covers, [the book] is very well-written and readable."
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