Ends of Complexes
Part of Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics
- Authors:
- Bruce Hughes, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
- Andrew Ranicki, University of Edinburgh
- Date Published: March 2008
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521055192
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The ends of a topological space are the directions in which it becomes non-compact by tending to infinity. The tame ends of manifolds are particularly interesting, both for their own sake, and for their use in the classification of high-dimensional compact manifolds. The book is devoted to the related theory and practice of ends, dealing with manifolds and CW complexes in topology and chain complexes in algebra. The first part develops a homotopy model of the behaviour at infinity of a non-compact space. The second part studies tame ends in topology. Tame ends are shown to have a uniform structure, with a periodic shift map. Approximate fibrations are used to prove that tame manifold ends are the infinite cyclic covers of compact manifolds. The third part translates these topological considerations into an appropriate algebraic context, relating tameness to homological properties and algebraic K- and L-theory.
Read more- Ranicki is a well-known author
- This book ties up all the loose ends of the subject
- Features a blend of geometric topology, algebraic topology and algebra, designed to appeal to readers with background in only one of these disciplines
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'The book gathers together the main strands of the theory of ends of manifolds from the last thirty years and presents a unified and coherent treatment of them. It also contains authoritative expositions of certain topics in topology such as mapping tori and telescopes, often omitted from textbooks. It is thus simultaneously a research monograph and a useful reference.' Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society
See more reviews'This is a highly specialized monograph which is very clearly written and made as accessible for the reader as possible … It is absolutely indispensable for any specialist in the field.' European Mathematical Society
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- Date Published: March 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521055192
- length: 380 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.576kg
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter summaries
Part I. Topology at Infinity:
1. End spaces
2. Limits
3. Homology at infinity
4. Cellular homology
5. Homology of covers
6. Projective class and torsion
7. Forward tameness
8. Reverse tameness
9. Homotopy at infinity
10. Projective class at infinity
11. Infinite torsion
12. Forward tameness is a homotopy pushout
Part II. Topology Over the Real Line:
13. Infinite cyclic covers
14. The mapping torus
15. Geometric ribbons and bands
16. Approximate fibrations
17. Geometric wrapping up
18. Geometric relaxation
19. Homotopy theoretic twist glueing
20. Homotopy theoretic wrapping up and relaxation
Part III. The Algebraic Theory:
21. Polynomial extensions
22. Algebraic bands
23. Algebraic tameness
24. Relaxation techniques
25. Algebraic ribbons
26. Algebraic twist glueing
27. Wrapping up in algebraic K- and L-theory
Part IV. Appendices
References
Index.-
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