Lectures on three-manifold topology / by William Jaco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaco, William H., 1940- author.

Contributor:

Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.

Series:

CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, 2380-5668 ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Three-manifolds (Topology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 251 : illustrations)

Place of Publication:

Providence, R.I. : Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences by the American Mathematical Society, c1980.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Chapter I. Loop theorem-sphere theorem: The Tower Construction Chapter II. Connected sums Chapter III. 2-manifolds embedded in 3-manifolds Chapter IV. Hierarchies Chapter V. Three-manifold groups Chapter VI. Seifert fibered manifolds Chapter VII. Peripheral structure Chapter VIII. Essential homotopies (The annulus-torus theorems) Chapter IX. Characteristic Seifert pairs Chapter X. Deforming homotopy equivalences

Notes:

"Expository lectures from the CBMS regional conference held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University October 8-12, 1977."

Bibliography: pages 244-249.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jaco, William H., 1940- Lectures on three-manifold topology /

ISBN:

9781470424039 (online)

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