A Guide to the Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces

• Main Authors: Gallier, Jean (Author), Xu, Dianna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Geometry and Computing, 9
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Topology.; Algebraic topology.; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).; Algebraic Topology.

This welcome boon for students of algebraic topology cuts a much-needed central path between other texts whose treatment of the classification theorem for compact surfaces is either too formalized and complex for those without detailed background knowledge, or too informal to afford students a compr...