Introduction to 3-Manifolds

Introduction to 3-Manifolds
ISBN-10
1470410206
ISBN-13
9781470410209
Category
Mathematics
Pages
286
Language
English
Published
2014-05-21
Publisher
American Mathematical Soc.
Author
Jennifer Schultens

Description

This book grew out of a graduate course on 3-manifolds and is intended for a mathematically experienced audience that is new to low-dimensional topology. The exposition begins with the definition of a manifold, explores possible additional structures on manifolds, discusses the classification of surfaces, introduces key foundational results for 3-manifolds, and provides an overview of knot theory. It then continues with more specialized topics by briefly considering triangulations of 3-manifolds, normal surface theory, and Heegaard splittings. The book finishes with a discussion of topics relevant to viewing 3-manifolds via the curve complex. With about 250 figures and more than 200 exercises, this book can serve as an excellent overview and starting point for the study of 3-manifolds.

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