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One of the great achievements of contemporary mathematics is the new understanding of four dimensions. Michael Freedman and Frank Quinn have been the principals in the geometric and topological development of this subject, proving the Poincar and Annulus conjectures respectively. Recognition for this work includes the award of the Fields Medal of the International Congress of Mathematicians to Freedman in 1986. In Topology of 4-Manifolds these authors have collaborated to give a complete and accessible account of the current state of knowledge in this field. The basic material has been considerably simplified from the original publications, and should be accessible to most graduate students. The advanced material goes well beyond the literature; nearly one-third of the book is new. This work is indispensable for any topologist whose work includes four dimensions. It is a valuable reference for geometers and physicists who need an awareness of the topological side of the field.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.

Differential topology --- Four-manifolds (Topology) --- Trois-variétés (Topologie) --- Vier-menigvuldigheden (Topologie) --- 4-dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- 4-manifolds (Topology) --- Four dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- Manifolds, Four dimensional --- Low-dimensional topology --- Topological manifolds --- 4-manifold. --- Ambient isotopy. --- Annulus theorem. --- Automorphism. --- Baire category theorem. --- Bilinear form. --- Boundary (topology). --- CW complex. --- Category of manifolds. --- Central series. --- Characterization (mathematics). --- Cohomology. --- Commutative diagram. --- Commutative property. --- Commutator subgroup. --- Compactification (mathematics). --- Conformal geometry. --- Connected sum. --- Connectivity (graph theory). --- Cyclic group. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diameter. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential geometry. --- Dimension. --- Disk (mathematics). --- Duality (mathematics). --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Embedding problem. --- Embedding. --- Equivariant map. --- Fiber bundle. --- Four-dimensional space. --- Fundamental group. --- General position. --- Geometry. --- H-cobordism. --- Handlebody. --- Hauptvermutung. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homology sphere. --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy sphere. --- Homotopy. --- Hurewicz theorem. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Hyperbolic group. --- Hyperbolic manifold. --- Identity matrix. --- Intermediate value theorem. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Intersection curve. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Intersection number (graph theory). --- Intersection number. --- J-homomorphism. --- Knot theory. --- Lefschetz duality. --- Line–line intersection. --- Manifold. --- Mapping cylinder. --- Mathematical induction. --- Metric space. --- Metrization theorem. --- Module (mathematics). --- Normal bundle. --- Parametrization. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Product topology. --- Pullback (differential geometry). --- Regular homotopy. --- Ring homomorphism. --- Rotation number. --- Seifert–van Kampen theorem. --- Sesquilinear form. --- Set (mathematics). --- Simply connected space. --- Smooth structure. --- Special case. --- Spin structure. --- Submanifold. --- Subset. --- Support (mathematics). --- Tangent bundle. --- Tangent space. --- Tensor product. --- Theorem. --- Topological category. --- Topological manifold. --- Transversal (geometry). --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Transversality theorem. --- Uniqueness theorem. --- Unit disk. --- Vector bundle. --- Whitehead torsion. --- Whitney disk.

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Nilpotence and Periodicity in Stable Homotopy Theory describes some major advances made in algebraic topology in recent years, centering on the nilpotence and periodicity theorems, which were conjectured by the author in 1977 and proved by Devinatz, Hopkins, and Smith in 1985. During the last ten years a number of significant advances have been made in homotopy theory, and this book fills a real need for an up-to-date text on that topic. Ravenel's first few chapters are written with a general mathematical audience in mind. They survey both the ideas that lead up to the theorems and their applications to homotopy theory. The book begins with some elementary concepts of homotopy theory that are needed to state the problem. This includes such notions as homotopy, homotopy equivalence, CW-complex, and suspension. Next the machinery of complex cobordism, Morava K-theory, and formal group laws in characteristic p are introduced. The latter portion of the book provides specialists with a coherent and rigorous account of the proofs. It includes hitherto unpublished material on the smash product and chromatic convergence theorems and on modular representations of the symmetric group.

Homotopie --- Homotopy theory --- Homotopy theory. --- Deformations, Continuous --- Topology --- Abelian category. --- Abelian group. --- Adams spectral sequence. --- Additive category. --- Affine space. --- Algebra homomorphism. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic structure. --- Algebraic topology (object). --- Algebraic topology. --- Algebraic variety. --- Algebraically closed field. --- Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence. --- Automorphism. --- Boolean algebra (structure). --- CW complex. --- Canonical map. --- Cantor set. --- Category of topological spaces. --- Category theory. --- Classification theorem. --- Classifying space. --- Cohomology operation. --- Cohomology. --- Cokernel. --- Commutative algebra. --- Commutative ring. --- Complex projective space. --- Complex vector bundle. --- Computation. --- Conjecture. --- Conjugacy class. --- Continuous function. --- Contractible space. --- Coproduct. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Disjoint union. --- Division algebra. --- Equation. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Functor. --- G-module. --- Groupoid. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy category. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy. --- Hopf algebra. --- Hurewicz theorem. --- Inclusion map. --- Infinite product. --- Integer. --- Inverse limit. --- Irreducible representation. --- Isomorphism class. --- K-theory. --- Loop space. --- Mapping cone (homological algebra). --- Mathematical induction. --- Modular representation theory. --- Module (mathematics). --- Monomorphism. --- Moore space. --- Morava K-theory. --- Morphism. --- N-sphere. --- Noetherian ring. --- Noetherian. --- Noncommutative ring. --- Number theory. --- P-adic number. --- Piecewise linear manifold. --- Polynomial ring. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Prime number. --- Principal ideal domain. --- Profinite group. --- Reduced homology. --- Ring (mathematics). --- Ring homomorphism. --- Ring spectrum. --- Simplicial complex. --- Simply connected space. --- Smash product. --- Special case. --- Spectral sequence. --- Steenrod algebra. --- Sub"ient. --- Subalgebra. --- Subcategory. --- Subring. --- Symmetric group. --- Tensor product. --- Theorem. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Vector bundle. --- Zariski topology.

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Fibre bundles, now an integral part of differential geometry, are also of great importance in modern physics--such as in gauge theory. This book, a succinct introduction to the subject by renown mathematician Norman Steenrod, was the first to present the subject systematically. It begins with a general introduction to bundles, including such topics as differentiable manifolds and covering spaces. The author then provides brief surveys of advanced topics, such as homotopy theory and cohomology theory, before using them to study further properties of fibre bundles. The result is a classic and timeless work of great utility that will appeal to serious mathematicians and theoretical physicists alike.

#WWIS:d.d. Prof. L. Bouckaert/ALTO --- 515.1 --- 515.1 Topology --- Topology --- Topology. --- Analysis situs --- Position analysis --- Rubber-sheet geometry --- Geometry --- Polyhedra --- Set theory --- Algebras, Linear --- Algebraic topology. --- Associated bundle. --- Associative algebra. --- Associative property. --- Atlas (topology). --- Automorphism. --- Axiomatic system. --- Barycentric subdivision. --- Bilinear map. --- Bundle map. --- Classification theorem. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology ring. --- Cohomology. --- Conjugacy class. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected space. --- Coordinate system. --- Coset. --- Cup product. --- Cyclic group. --- Determinant. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential structure. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Direct product. --- Division algebra. --- Equivalence class. --- Equivalence relation. --- Euler number. --- Existence theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Factorization. --- Fiber bundle. --- Frenet–Serret formulas. --- Gram–Schmidt process. --- Group theory. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy. --- Hopf theorem. --- Hurewicz theorem. --- Identity element. --- Inclusion map. --- Inner automorphism. --- Invariant subspace. --- Invertible matrix. --- Jacobian matrix and determinant. --- Klein bottle. --- Lattice of subgroups. --- Lie group. --- Line element. --- Line segment. --- Linear map. --- Linear space (geometry). --- Linear subspace. --- Manifold. --- Mapping cylinder. --- Metric tensor. --- N-sphere. --- Natural topology. --- Octonion. --- Open set. --- Orientability. --- Orthogonal group. --- Orthogonalization. --- Permutation. --- Principal bundle. --- Product topology. --- Quadratic form. --- Quaternion. --- Retract. --- Separable space. --- Set theory. --- Simplicial complex. --- Special case. --- Stiefel manifold. --- Subalgebra. --- Subbase. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Symmetric tensor. --- Tangent bundle. --- Tangent space. --- Tangent vector. --- Tensor field. --- Tensor. --- Theorem. --- Tietze extension theorem. --- Topological group. --- Topological space. --- Transitive relation. --- Transpose. --- Union (set theory). --- Unit sphere. --- Universal bundle. --- Vector field.

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The description for this book, Seminar On Minimal Submanifolds. (AM-103), Volume 103, will be forthcoming.

Minimal submanifolds. --- A priori estimate. --- Analytic function. --- Banach space. --- Boundary (topology). --- Boundary value problem. --- Bounded set (topological vector space). --- Branch point. --- Cauchy–Riemann equations. --- Center manifold. --- Closed geodesic. --- Codimension. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Compactness theorem. --- Comparison theorem. --- Configuration space. --- Conformal geometry. --- Conformal group. --- Conformal map. --- Continuous function. --- Cross product. --- Curve. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differential form. --- Dirac operator. --- Discrete group. --- Divergence theorem. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elementary proof. --- Equation. --- Existence theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Exterior derivative. --- First variation. --- Free boundary problem. --- Fundamental group. --- Gauss map. --- Geodesic. --- Geometry. --- Group action. --- Hamiltonian mechanics. --- Harmonic function. --- Harmonic map. --- Hausdorff dimension. --- Hausdorff measure. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy. --- Hurewicz theorem. --- Hyperbolic 3-manifold. --- Hyperbolic manifold. --- Hyperbolic space. --- Hypersurface. --- Implicit function theorem. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Injective function. --- Inner automorphism. --- Isolated singularity. --- Isometry group. --- Isoperimetric problem. --- Klein bottle. --- Kleinian group. --- Limit set. --- Lipschitz continuity. --- Mapping class group. --- Maxima and minima. --- Maximum principle. --- Minimal surface of revolution. --- Minimal surface. --- Monotonic function. --- Möbius transformation. --- Norm (mathematics). --- Orthonormal basis. --- Parametric surface. --- Periodic function. --- Poincaré conjecture. --- Projection (linear algebra). --- Regularity theorem. --- Riemann surface. --- Riemannian manifold. --- Schwarz reflection principle. --- Second fundamental form. --- Semi-continuity. --- Simply connected space. --- Special case. --- Stein's lemma. --- Subalgebra. --- Subgroup. --- Submanifold. --- Subsequence. --- Support (mathematics). --- Symplectic manifold. --- Tangent space. --- Teichmüller space. --- Theorem. --- Trace (linear algebra). --- Uniformization. --- Uniqueness theorem. --- Variational principle. --- Yamabe problem.