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In the spring of 1985, A. Casson announced an interesting invariant of homology 3-spheres via constructions on representation spaces. This invariant generalizes the Rohlin invariant and gives surprising corollaries in low-dimensional topology. In the fall of that same year, Selman Akbulut and John McCarthy held a seminar on this invariant. These notes grew out of that seminar. The authors have tried to remain close to Casson's original outline and proceed by giving needed details, including an exposition of Newstead's results. They have often chosen classical concrete approaches over general methods. For example, they did not attempt to give gauge theory explanations for the results of Newstead; instead they followed his original techniques.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Three-manifolds (Topology) --- Invariants. --- Variétés topologiques à 3 dimensions --- Analyse multidimensionnelle --- Variétés topologiques à 3 dimensions --- 3-manifolds (Topology) --- Manifolds, Three dimensional (Topology) --- Three-dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- Low-dimensional topology --- Topological manifolds

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When reading this book you will be familiar with strategies, stories, facts, and tools that intelligent international negotiators use in order to succeed in their negotiations worldwide. The unique integrative cross-cultural approach to negotiating provided by this book will help you to have a different and innovative perception of what negotiating means today. Businesspeople negotiate every day, everywhere around the world. Some are more culturally aware and some are much less. Some forget that negotiation is, first of all, a human interaction. Some still think that negotiation rhymes with competition. But after reading this book, you will approach negotiation from another perspective. More human, more pleasant, and more effective. The Intelligent International Negotiator is a ready-to-use book that you will read and digest very quickly, with inputs you will use immediately.

Negotiation. --- Negotiation in business. --- BATNA --- cultural context --- cultural dimensions --- cultural intelligence --- interculturalist --- international negotiator's toolkit --- myths --- negotiation process --- negotiation strategies --- win-lose --- win-win

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In this book, the complete classification of the possible types of spherically symmetric global geometries for two types of electrically charged shells are explored. These include the charged shell as a single source of the gravitational field, when internal space-time is flat, and external space-time is the Reissner--Nordstrom metric; and the neutralizing shell with an electric charge opposite to the charge of the internal source with the Reissner--Nordstrom metric and with the Schwarzschild metric outside the shell. Starting from Israel equations for the spherically symmetric thin shells, th

Space and time --- Geometry, Projective. --- Projective geometry --- Geometry, Modern --- Space of more than three dimensions --- Space-time --- Space-time continuum --- Space-times --- Spacetime --- Time and space --- Fourth dimension --- Infinite --- Metaphysics --- Philosophy --- Space sciences --- Time --- Beginning --- Hyperspace --- Relativity (Physics) --- Mathematics.

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The idea of infinity plays a crucial role in our understanding of the universe, with the infinite spacetime continuum perhaps the best-known example - but is spacetime really continuous? Throughout the history of science, many have felt that the continuum model is an unphysical idealization, and that spacetime should be thought of as 'quantized' at the smallest of scales. Combining novel conceptual analysis, a fresh historical perspective, and concrete physical examples, this unique book tells the story of the search for the fundamental unit of length in modern physics, from early classical electrodynamics to current approaches to quantum gravity. Novel philosophical theses, with direct implications for theoretical physics research, are presented and defended in an accessible format that avoids complex mathematics. Blending history, philosophy, and theoretical physics, this refreshing outlook on the nature of spacetime sheds light on one of the most thought-provoking topics in modern physics.

Standards of length. --- Physical constants. --- Absolute quantities --- Constants, Physical --- Fundamental constants, Physical --- Fundamental physical constants --- Physical quantities --- Quantities, Absolute --- Quantities, Physical --- Units of measurement --- Length, Standards of --- Weights and measures --- Length measurement --- Space and time --- Length measurement. --- Philosophy. --- Space of more than three dimensions --- Space-time --- Space-time continuum --- Space-times --- Spacetime --- Time and space --- Fourth dimension --- Infinite --- Metaphysics --- Philosophy --- Space sciences --- Time --- Beginning --- Hyperspace --- Relativity (Physics) --- Linear measurement --- Measurement of length --- Dimensions --- Standards of length --- Philosophy of science

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The novel understanding of the physical world that characterized the Scientific Revolution depended on a fundamental shift in the way its protagonists understood and described space. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, spatial phenomena were described in relation to a presupposed central point; by its end, space had become a centerless void in which phenomena could only be described by reference to arbitrary orientations. David Marshall Miller examines both the historical and philosophical aspects of this far-reaching development, including the rejection of the idea of heavenly spheres, the advent of rectilinear inertia, and the theoretical contributions of Copernicus, Gilbert, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton. His rich study shows clearly how the centered Aristotelian cosmos became the oriented Newtonian universe, and will be of great interest to students and scholars of the history and philosophy of science.

Science --- Space and time --- Space --- Philosophy --- Space. --- Espace --- Philosophy of nature --- Philosophy of science --- anno 1600-1699 --- Space and time. --- Sciences --- Espace et temps --- History --- Philosophy. --- Histoire --- Philosophie --- Science - Philosophy --- Space of more than three dimensions --- Space-time --- Space-time continuum --- Space-times --- Spacetime --- Time and space --- Fourth dimension --- Infinite --- Metaphysics --- Space sciences --- Time --- Beginning --- Hyperspace --- Relativity (Physics) --- Normal science