Topology through the centuries: Low dimensional manifolds

Milnor, John

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Topology through the centuries: Low dimensional manifolds
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This note will provide a lightning tour through the centuries, concentrating on the study of manifolds of dimension 2, 3, and 4. Further comments and more technical details about many of the sections may be found in the Appendix.

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