The Disc Embedding Theorem

The Disc Embedding Theorem
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 492
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ISBN-10 : 9780192578389
ISBN-13 : 0192578383
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Book Synopsis The Disc Embedding Theorem by : Stefan Behrens

Download or read book The Disc Embedding Theorem written by Stefan Behrens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Fields medal winning work of Michael Freedman, this book explores the disc embedding theorem for 4-dimensional manifolds. This theorem underpins virtually all our understanding of topological 4-manifolds. Most famously, this includes the 4-dimensional Poincaré conjecture in the topological category. The Disc Embedding Theorem contains the first thorough and approachable exposition of Freedman's proof of the disc embedding theorem, with many new details. A self-contained account of decomposition space theory, a beautiful but outmoded branch of topology that produces non-differentiable homeomorphisms between manifolds, is provided, as well as a stand-alone interlude that explains the disc embedding theorem's key role in all known homeomorphism classifications of 4-manifolds via surgery theory and the s-cobordism theorem. Additionally, the ramifications of the disc embedding theorem within the study of topological 4-manifolds, for example Frank Quinn's development of fundamental tools like transversality are broadly described. The book is written for mathematicians, within the subfield of topology, specifically interested in the study of 4-dimensional spaces, and includes numerous professionally rendered figures.


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