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Differential Topology

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This book presents a systematic and comprehensive account of the theory of differentiable manifolds and provides the necessary background for the use of fundamental differential topology tools. The text includes, in particular, the earlier works of Stephen Smale, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal. Explicitly, the topics covered are Thom transversality, Morse theory, theory of handle presentation, h-cobordism theorem and the generalised Poincaré conjecture. The material is the outcome of lectures and seminars on various aspects of differentiable manifolds and differential topology given over the years at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta, and at other universities throughout India.
The book will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in these topics. An elementary knowledge of linear algebra, general topology, multivariate calculus, analysis and algebraic topology is recommended.

List of contents

Preface.- 1.Basic Concepts of Manifolds.- 2.Approximation Theorems and Whitney s Embedding.- 3.Linear Structures on Manifolds.- 4.Riemannian Manifolds.- 5.Vector Bundles on Manifolds.- 6.Transversality.- 7.Tubular Neighbourhoods.- 8.Spaces of Smooth Maps.- 9.Morse Theory.- 10.Theory of Handle Presentations.- Bibliography.- Index.

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This book presents a systematic and comprehensive account of the theory of differentiable manifolds and provides the necessary background for the use of fundamental differential topology tools. The text includes, in particular, the earlier works of Stephen Smale, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal. Explicitly, the topics covered are Thom transversality, Morse theory, theory of handle presentation, h-cobordism theorem and the generalised Poincaré conjecture. The material is the outcome of lectures and seminars on various aspects of differentiable manifolds and differential topology given over the years at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta, and at other universities throughout India.
The book will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in these topics. An elementary knowledge of linear algebra, general topology, multivariate calculus, analysis and algebraic topology is recommended.

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“The book presented by the author consists of ten chapters. … it may serve as the first source of information on Differential Topology for all mathematics major students.” (Andrew Bucki, zbMATH 1332.57001, 2016)

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"The book presented by the author consists of ten chapters. ... it may serve as the first source of information on Differential Topology for all mathematics major students." (Andrew Bucki, zbMATH 1332.57001, 2016)

Product details

Authors Amiya Mukherjee
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Original title Topics in Differential Topology
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2015
 
EAN 9783319190440
ISBN 978-3-31-919044-0
No. of pages 349
Dimensions 157 mm x 31 mm x 243 mm
Weight 681 g
Illustrations XIII, 349 p. 25 illus.
Series Birkhäuser
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Analysis

B, Mathematics and Statistics, Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology), Manifolds (Mathematics), Analytic geometry, Manifolds and Cell Complexes, Complex manifolds, Analytic topology, Global analysis (Mathematics), Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

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