Grassmannians and Gauss maps in piecewise-linear and piecewise-differentiable topology /
The book explores the possibility of extending the notions of "Grassmannian" and "Gauss map" to the PL category. They are distinguished from "classifying space" and "classifying map" which are essentially homotopy-theoretic notions. The analogs of Grassmannian...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1989]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ;
1366. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book explores the possibility of extending the notions of "Grassmannian" and "Gauss map" to the PL category. They are distinguished from "classifying space" and "classifying map" which are essentially homotopy-theoretic notions. The analogs of Grassmannian and Gauss map defined incorporate geometric and combinatorial information. Principal applications involve characteristic class theory, smoothing theory, and the existence of immersion satifying certain geometric criteria, e.g. curvature conditions. The book assumes knowledge of basic differential topology and bundle theory, including Hirsch-Gromov-Phillips theory, as well as the analogous theories for the PL category. The work should be of interest to mathematicians concerned with geometric topology, PL and PD aspects of differential geometry and the geometry of polyhedra. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 203 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203). |
| ISBN: | 9783540460787 (electronic bk.) 3540460780 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0075-8434 ; |