De Gruyter studies in mathematics
Liviu I. Nicolaescu.
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berlin ; New York : : Walter de Gruyter, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (263 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - de Gruyter Studies in Mathematics; Introduction; Notations and conventions; Contents; Chapter 1Algebraic preliminaries; Chapter 2The Reidemeister torsion; Chapter 3Turaev's refined torsion; Chapter 4Alternative interpretations of the Reidemeister torsion; Appendix AAlgebra; Appendix BTopology; Bibliography; Index. - 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. The theo
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| ISBN | 3110173832
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