Simplicial Structures in Topology

• Main Authors: Ferrario, Davide L. (Author), Piccinini, Renzo A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: CMS Books in Mathematics, Ouvrages de mathématiques de la SMC,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Topology.; Algebraic topology.; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).; Algebraic Topology.

Simplicial Structures in Topology provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the subject. Ideas are developed in the first four chapters. The fifth chapter studies closed surfaces and gives their classification. The last chapter of the book is devoted to homotopy groups, which are used in a...