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This updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed and successful text for undergraduates examines topology of recent compact surfaces through the development of simple ideas in plane geometry. Containing over 171 diagrams, the approach allows for a straightforward treatment of its subject area....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Firby, P. A., 1946-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Gardiner, Cyril F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England : Horwood, 2001.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Ellis Horwood series in mathematics and its applications.
Subjects:
Algebraic topology.
Surfaces.
Topologie algébrique.
Surfaces (Mathématiques)
MATHEMATICS > Topology.
Algebraic topology
Surfaces
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Intuitive Ideas
  • 2. Plane Models of Surfaces
  • 3. Surfaces as Plane Diagrams
  • 4. Distinguishing Surfaces
  • 5. Patterns on Surfaces
  • 6. Maps and Graphs
  • 7. Vector Fields on Surfaces
  • 8. Plane Tessellation Representations of Compact Surfaces
  • 9. Some Applications of Tessellation Representations
  • 10. Introducing the Fundamental Group
  • 11. Surfaces with Boundaries
  • 12. Topology, Graphs and Groups.