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Since Poincaré's time, topologists have been most concerned with three species of manifold. The most primitive of these--the TOP manifolds--remained rather mysterious until 1968, when Kirby discovered his now famous torus unfurling device. A period of rapid progress with TOP manifolds ensued, including, in 1969, Siebenmann's refutation of the Hauptvermutung and the Triangulation Conjecture. Here is the first connected account of Kirby's and Siebenmann's basic research in this area.The five sections of this book are introduced by three articles by the authors that initially appeared between 1968 and 1970. Appendices provide a full discussion of the classification of homotopy tori, including Casson's unpublished work and a consideration of periodicity in topological surgery.

Differential geometry. Global analysis --- Manifolds (Mathematics) --- Piecewise linear topology --- Triangulating manifolds --- Variétés (Mathématiques) --- Topologie linéaire par morceaux --- 515.16 --- Manifolds, Triangulating --- PL topology --- Topology --- Geometry, Differential --- Topology of manifolds --- Piecewise linear topology. --- Triangulating manifolds. --- Manifolds (Mathematics). --- 515.16 Topology of manifolds --- Variétés (Mathématiques) --- Topologie linéaire par morceaux --- Triangulation. --- Triangulation --- Affine space. --- Algebraic topology (object). --- Approximation. --- Associative property. --- Automorphism. --- Big O notation. --- CW complex. --- Calculation. --- Cap product. --- Cartesian product. --- Category of sets. --- Chain complex. --- Classification theorem. --- Classifying space. --- Cobordism. --- Codimension. --- Cofibration. --- Cohomology. --- Connected space. --- Continuous function (set theory). --- Continuous function. --- Counterexample. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential structure. --- Differential topology. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Direct proof. --- Disjoint union. --- Elementary proof. --- Embedding. --- Euclidean space. --- Existence theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Fiber bundle. --- Fibration. --- General position. --- Geometry. --- Group homomorphism. --- H-cobordism. --- H-space. --- Handle decomposition. --- Handlebody. --- Hauptvermutung. --- Hausdorff space. --- Hilbert cube. --- Homeomorphism group. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy. --- Inclusion map. --- Injective function. --- Invertible matrix. --- K-cell (mathematics). --- Kan extension. --- Linear subspace. --- Linear topology. --- Manifold. --- Mapping cylinder. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematician. --- Metric space. --- Morse theory. --- Neighbourhood (mathematics). --- Open set. --- Partition of unity. --- Piecewise linear manifold. --- Piecewise linear. --- Poincaré conjecture. --- Polyhedron. --- Principal bundle. --- Product metric. --- Pushout (category theory). --- Regular homotopy. --- Retract. --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Simplicial complex. --- Smoothing. --- Spin structure. --- Stability theory. --- Stable manifold. --- Standard map. --- Submanifold. --- Submersion (mathematics). --- Subset. --- Surgery exact sequence. --- Surjective function. --- Theorem. --- Topological group. --- Topological manifold. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Transversal (geometry). --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Transversality theorem. --- Union (set theory). --- Uniqueness theorem. --- Vector bundle. --- Zorn's lemma. --- Variétés topologiques