Algebraic topology via differential geometry

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Algebraic topology via differential geometry

M. Karoubi and C. Leruste

(London Mathematical Society lecture note series, 99)

Cambridge University Press, 1987

  • : pbk

Other Title

Méthodes de géométrie différentielle en topologie algébrique

Methods of differential geometry in algebraic topology

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Originally published: Paris : U.E.R. de Mathematiques , 1982

Bibliography: p. 360

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this volume the authors seek to illustrate how methods of differential geometry find application in the study of the topology of differential manifolds. Prerequisites are few since the authors take pains to set out the theory of differential forms and the algebra required. The reader is introduced to De Rham cohomology, and explicit and detailed calculations are present as examples. Topics covered include Mayer-Vietoris exact sequences, relative cohomology, Pioncare duality and Lefschetz's theorem. This book will be suitable for graduate students taking courses in algebraic topology and in differential topology. Mathematicians studying relativity and mathematical physics will find this an invaluable introduction to the techniques of differential geometry.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Algebraic preliminaries
  • 2. differential forms on an open subset of Rn
  • 3. differentiable manifolds
  • 4. De Rham cohomology of differentiable manifolds
  • 5. Computing cohomology
  • 6. Poincare duality - Lefschetz' theorem
  • Appendixes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA01379772
  • ISBN
    • 0521317142
  • LCCN
    86017087
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    363 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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