ISBN: 9783110173833

This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest top… Mehr…

This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest topological (but not with respect to homotopy) invariant that in its almost eight decades of existence has been at the center of many important and surprising discoveries. During the past decade, in the work of Vladimir Turaev, new points of view have emerged, which turned out to be the right ones as far as gauge theory is concerned. The book features mostly the new aspects of this venerable concept. The theoretical foundations of this subject are presented in a style accessible to those, who wish to learn and understand the main ideas of the theory. Particular emphasis is upon the many and rather diverse concrete examples and techniques which capture the subleties of the theory better than any abstract general result. Many of these examples and techniques never appeared in print before, and their choice is often justified by ongoing current research on the topology of surface singularities. The text is addressed to mathematicians with geometric interests who want to become comfortable users of this versatile invariant. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Science>Mathematics>Mathematics, De Gruyter Core >2 >T<

2003, ISBN: 9783110173833

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: De Gruyter], The series is devoted to the publication of monographs and high-level textbooks in mathematics, mathematical methods and their applications. Apart from c… Mehr…

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: De Gruyter], The series is devoted to the publication of monographs and high-level textbooks in mathematics, mathematical methods and their applications. Apart from covering important areas of current interest, a major aim is to make topics of an interdisciplinary nature accessible to the non-specialist. The works in this series are addressed to advanced students and researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics. In addition, it can serve as a guide for lectures and seminars on a graduate level. The series de Gruyter Studies in Mathematics was founded ca. 35 years ago by the late Professor Heinz Bauer and Professor Peter Gabriel with the aim to establish a series of monographs and textbooks of high standard, written by scholars with an international reputation presenting current fields of research in pure and applied mathematics. While the editorial board of the Studies has changed with the years, the aspirations of the Studies are unchanged. In times of rapid growth of mathematical..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 264, [GW: 632g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Klarna-Sofortüberweisung, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2003, ISBN: 9783110173833

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[ED: Gebunden], [PU: De Gruyter], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The series is devoted to the publication of monographs and high-level textbooks in mathematics, mathematical methods and their applications. Apart from covering, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Hardcover, 249, [GW: 839g], 1. Auflage, Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Naturwissenschaft/Mathematik / Sonstiges - Naturwissenschaften]<

2003, ISBN: 3110173832

Gebundene Ausgabe Algebraische Topologie, DreidimensionaleMannigfaltigkeit; Knoten(Math.), mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:De Gruyter]

ISBN: 9783110173833

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