Author : L. S. Pontryagin
Release : 2015-05-20
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 857/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Foundations of Combinatorial Topology by : L. S. Pontryagin
Download or read book Foundations of Combinatorial Topology written by L. S. Pontryagin. This book was released on 2015-05-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise, rigorous introduction to homology theory features applications to dimension theory and fixed-point theorems. Lucid coverage of the field includes examinations of complexes and their Betti groups, invariance of the Betti groups, and continuous mappings and fixed points. Proofs are presented in a complete and careful manner. A beneficial text for a graduate-level course, "this little book is an extremely valuable addition to the literature of algebraic topology." — The Mathematical Gazette.