Four-dimensional topology: an introduction

1980/01/01 by Richard Mandelbaum · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Combinatorics #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Mathematics #Topology (electrical circuits)

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Abstract

Introduction. This paper is an elaboration of the talk I gave at the American Mathematical Society meeting held at Memphis State University in November, 1977. In that talk I tried to illustrate what was special about four-dimensional topology and mention some of the advances in that subject. I have expanded upon that talk somewhat in this paper in order to give a clearer picture of the geometric ideas and methods currently used in studying four-dimensional manifolds.

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