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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451757903321

Autore

Nicolaescu Liviu I

Titolo

The Reidemeister torsion of 3-manifolds [[electronic resource] /] / Liviu I. Nicolaescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2003

ISBN

1-282-19435-6

9786612194351

3-11-916192-6

3-11-019810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

De Gruyter studies in mathematics ; ; 30

Classificazione

SK 350

Disciplina

514/.3

Soggetti

Three-manifolds (Topology)

Reidemeister torsion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Algebraic preliminaries -- Chapter 2. The Reidemeister torsion -- Chapter 3. Turaev's refined torsion -- Chapter 4. Alternative interpretations of the Reidemeister torsion -- Appendix A. Algebra -- Appendix B. Topology -- Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

This is a state-of-the-art introduction to the work of Franz Reidemeister, Meng Taubes, Turaev, and the author on the concept of torsion and its generalizations. Torsion is the oldest topological (but not with respect to homotopy) invariant that in its almost eight decades of existence has been at the center of many important and surprising discoveries. During the past decade, in the work of Vladimir Turaev, new points of view have emerged, which turned out to be the ""right ones"" as far as gauge theory is concerned. The book features mostly the new aspects of this venerable concept.