Topology of Singular Fibers of Differentiable Maps

• Main Author: Saeki, Osamu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1854
• Subjects: Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).

The volume develops a thorough theory of singular fibers of generic differentiable maps. This is the first work that establishes the foundational framework of the global study of singular differentiable maps of negative codimension from the viewpoint of differential topology. The book contains not o...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Classification of Singular Fibers: Preliminaries; Singular Fibers of Morse Functions on Surfaces; Classification of Singular Fibers; Co-existence of Singular Fibers; Euler Characteristic of the Source 4-Manifold; Examples of Stable Maps of 4-Manifolds
• Part II. Universal Complex of Singular Fibers: Generalities; Universal Complex of Singular Fibers; Stable Maps of 4-Manifolds into 3-Manifolds; Co-orientable Singular Fibers; Homomorphism Induced by a Thom Map; Cobordism Invariance; Cobordism of Maps with Prescribed Local Singularities; Examples of Cobordism Invariants
• Part III. Epilogue: Applications; Further Developments; References; List of Symbols; Index.