Introduction to Combinatorial Torsions /

This book is an introduction to combinatorial torsions of cellular spaces and manifolds with special emphasis on torsions of 3-dimensional manifolds. The first two chapters cover algebraic foundations of the theory of torsions and various topological constructions of torsions due to K. Reidemeister,...

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Main Author: Turaev, Vladimir
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint : Birkhäuser, 2001.
Series:Lectures in Mathematics ETH Zürich, Department of Mathematics Research Institute of Mathematics.
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