03096nam 22007454a 450 991045175790332120210524205023.01-282-19435-697866121943513-11-916192-63-11-019810-X10.1515/9783110198102(CKB)1000000000520523(EBL)314058(OCoLC)191891752(SSID)ssj0000235086(PQKBManifestationID)11202209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235086(PQKBWorkID)10241975(PQKB)10716168(MiAaPQ)EBC314058(DE-599)GBV785241078(DE-B1597)32329(OCoLC)1054877539(OCoLC)741344432(OCoLC)853266022(DE-B1597)9783110198102(PPN)175575258(Au-PeEL)EBL314058(CaPaEBR)ebr10194836(CaONFJC)MIL219435(OCoLC)935264245(EXLCZ)99100000000052052320021203d2003 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrThe Reidemeister torsion of 3-manifolds[electronic resource] /Liviu I. NicolaescuBerlin ;New York Walter de Gruyter20031 online resource (263 p.)De Gruyter studies in mathematics ;30Description based upon print version of record.3-11-017383-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.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 matterThis 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.Gruyter studies in mathematics ;30.Reidemeister torsion of three-manifoldsThree-manifolds (Topology)Reidemeister torsionElectronic books.Three-manifolds (Topology)Reidemeister torsion.514/.3SK 350rvkNicolaescu Liviu I67532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451757903321Reidemeister torsion of 3-manifolds1106740UNINA