The topological classification of stratified spaces

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The topological classification of stratified spaces

Shmuel Weinberger

(Chicago lectures in mathematics)

University of Chicago Press, c1994

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ISBN 9780226885667

Description

This text provides the theory for stratified spaces, along with important examples and applications, that is analogous to the surgery theory for manifolds. In the first expository account of this field, Weinberger provides topologists with a new way of looking at the classification theory of singular spaces with his original results. Divided into three parts, the book begins with an overview of modern high-dimensional manifold theory. Rather than including complete proofs of all theorems, Weinberger demonstrates key constructions, gives convenient formulations, and shows the usefulness of the technology. Part 2 offers the parallel theory for stratified spaces. Here, the topological category is most completely developed using the methods of "controlled topology." Many examples illustrating the topological invariance and noninvariance of obstructions and characteristic classes are provided. Applications for embeddings and immersions of manifolds, for the geometry of group actions, for algebraic varieties, and for rigidity theorems are found in Part III. This volume will be of interest to topologists, as well as mathematicians in other fields such as differential geometry, operator theory, and algebraic geometry.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Manifold theory 1. Algebraic K-theory and topology 2. Surgery theory 3. Spacification and functoriality 4. Applications Part II: General theory 5. Definitions and examples 6. Classification of stratified spaces 7. Transverse stratified classification 8. PT category 9. Controlled topology 10. Proof of main theorems in topology Part III: Applications and illustrations 11. Manifolds and embedding theory revisited 12. Supernormal spaces and varieties 13. Group actions 14. Rigidity conjectures Bibliography Index
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pbk ISBN 9780226885674

Description

This text provides the theory for stratified spaces, along with important examples and applications, that is analogous to the surgery theory for manifolds. In the first expository account of this field, Weinberger provides topologists with a new way of looking at the classification theory of singular spaces with his original results. Divided into three parts, the book begins with an overview of modern high-dimensional manifold theory. Rather than including complete proofs of all theorems, Weinberger demonstrates key constructions, gives convenient formulations, and shows the usefulness of the technology. Part 2 offers the parallel theory for stratified spaces. Here, the topological category is most completely developed using the methods of "controlled topology." Many examples illustrating the topological invariance and noninvariance of obstructions and characteristic classes are provided. Applications for embeddings and immersions of manifolds, for the geometry of group actions, for algebraic varieties, and for rigidity theorems are found in Part 3. This volume should be of interest to topologists, as well as mathematicians in other fields such as differential geometry, operator theory, and algebraic geometry.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Manifold theory: algebraic K-theory and topology
  • surgery theory
  • spacification and functoriality
  • applications. Part 2 General theory: definitions and examples
  • classification of stratified spaces
  • transverse stratified classification
  • PT category
  • controlled topology
  • proof of main theorems in topology. Part 3 Applications and illustrations: manifolds and embedding theory revisited
  • supernormal spaces and varieties
  • group actions
  • rigidity conjectures.

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