Higher-dimensional knots according to Michel Kervaire /
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European Mathematical Society,
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Publisher Address: | Zürich, Switzerland : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
EMS series of lectures in mathematics
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Carrier Form: | ix, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-128) and indexes. |
ISBN: |
9783037191804 (paperback) : 3037191805 (paperback) |
Index Number: | QA612 |
CLC: | O189.24 |
Call Number: | O189.24/M623 |
Contents: | Some tools of differential topology -- The Kervaire-Milnor study of homotopy spheres -- Differentiable knots in codimension -- The fundamental group of a knot complement -- Knot modules -- Odd-dimensional simple links -- Knot cobordism -- Singularities of complex hypersurfaces -- A. Linking numbers and signs -- B. Existence of Seifert hypersurfaces -- C. Open book decompositions -- D. Handlebodies and plumbings -- E. Homotopy spheres embedded in codimension 2 and the Kervaire-Arf-Robertello-Levine invariant -- F. Figures. |