4-Manifolds and Kirby Calculus PDF book is popular Mathematics book written by Robert E. Gompf. The book was released by American Mathematical Soc. on 1999 with total hardcover pages 576. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read 4-Manifolds and Kirby Calculus by Robert E. Gompf in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Since the early 1980s, there has been an explosive growth in 4-manifold theory, particularly due to the influx of interest and ideas from gauge theory and algeb
Presents an exposition of Kirby calculus, or handle body theory on 4-manifolds. This book includes such topics as branched coverings and the geography of comple
Since the early 1980s, there has been an explosive growth in 4-manifold theory, particularly due to the influx of interest and ideas from gauge theory and algeb
This book presents the classical theorems about simply connected smooth 4-manifolds: intersection forms and homotopy type, oriented and spin bordism, the index
What a wonderful book! I strongly recommend this book to anyone, especially graduate students, interested in getting a sense of 4-manifolds. —MAA Reviews The
