Fundamentals of Algebraic Topology

• Main Author: Weintraub, Steven H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 270
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Algebraic topology.; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Algebraic Topology.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.

This rapid and concise presentation of the essential ideas and results of algebraic topology follows the axiomatic foundations pioneered by Eilenberg and Steenrod. The approach of the book is pragmatic: while most proofs are given, those that are particularly long or technical are omitted, and resul...