Notes on Cobordism Theory / Robert E. Stong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stong, Robert E., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1879

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cobordism theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

These notes contain the first complete treatment of cobordism, a topic that has become increasingly important in the past ten years. The subject is fully developed and the latest theories are treated.Originally published in 1968.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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Chapter I. Introduction - Cobordism Categories

Chapter II. Manifolds with Structure - The Pontrjagin-Thom Theorem

Chapter III. Characteristic Classes and Numbers

Chapter IV. The Interesting Examples-A Survey of the Literature

Chapter V. Cohomology of Classifying Spaces

Chapter VII. Complex Cobordism

Chapter VIII. σ1 - Restricted Cobordism

Chapter IX. Oriented Cobordism

Chapter X. Special Unitary Cobordism

Chapter XI. Spin, Spinc and Similar Nonsense

Appendix 1. Advanced Calculus

Appendix 2. Differentiable Manifolds

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-64901-4

1-4008-7997-3

OCLC:

948804630