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Selected Applications of Geometry to Low-Dimensional Topology
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Michael H. Freedman, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Feng Luo, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ
Publication: University Lecture Series
Publication Year:
1989; Volume 1
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-7000-6 (print); 978-1-4704-2154-0 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ulect/001
MathSciNet review: MR1043633
MSC: Primary 57-02; Secondary 53C20, 57N13, 57R30, 57R55, 58E11
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Chapters
- Chapter 1. Manifolds and smooth structures
- Chapter 2. The Euler number
- Chapter 3. Foliations
- Chapter 4. The topological classification of simply-connected 4-manifolds
- Chapter 5. Donaldson’s theory
- Chapter 6. Fake $\mathbf {R}^4$’s