{"product_id":"9783540111023","title":"Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology","description":"The first five chapters of this book form an introductory course in piece­ wise-linear topology in which no assumptions are made other than basic topological notions. This course would be suitable as a second course in topology with a geometric flavour, to follow a first course in point-set topology, andi)erhaps to be given as a final year undergraduate course. The whole book gives an account of handle theory in a piecewise­ linear setting and could be the basis of a first year postgraduate lecture or reading course. Some results from algebraic topology are needed for handle theory and these are collected in an appendix. In a second appen­ dix are listed the properties of Whitehead torsion which are used in the s-cobordism theorem. These appendices should enable a reader with only basic knowledge to complete the book. The book is also intended to form an introduction to modern geo­ metric topology as a research subject, a bibliography of research papers being included. We have omitted acknowledgements and references from the main text and have collected these in a set of \"historical notes\" to be found after the appendices.","brand":"Colin P. Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47590486606142,"sku":"9783540111023","price":5353.28,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9783540111023.jpg?v=1707721213","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9783540111023","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}