Differential Topology (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol 33)
by Morris W. Hirsch
Sales Rank: 422795
List Price: $79.95 $47.96At Amazon on 12-5-2008
Hardcover: 222 pages
Publisher: Springer September 16, 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387901485
ISBN-13: 978-0387901480
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
M.W. Hirsch
Differential Topology
"A very valuable book. In little over 200 pages, it presents a well-organized and surprisingly comprehensive treatment of most of the basic material in differential topology, as far as is accessible without the methods of algebraic topology. Newly introduced concepts are usually well motivated, and often the historical development of an idea is described. There is an abundance of exercises, which supply many beautiful examples and much interesting additional information, and help the reader to become thoroughly familiar with the material of the main text. "—MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
Product Description
This book gives the reader a thorough knowledge of the basic topological ideas necessary for studying differential manifolds. These topics include immersions and imbeddings, approach techniques, and the Morse classification of surfaces and their cobordism. The author keeps the mathematical prerequisites to a minimum; this and the emphasis on the geometric and intuitive aspects of the subject make the book an excellent and useful introduction for the student. There are numerous excercises on many different levels ranging from practical applications of the theorems to significant further development of the theory and including some open research problems.
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