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	HANDBOOK OF GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY To order this title, and for more information, click here By R.B. Sher, Union Hall, VA, USA R.J. Daverman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Description Geometric Topology is a foundational component of modern mathematics, involving the study of spacial properties and invariants of familiar objects such as manifolds and complexes. This volume, which is intended both as an introduction to the subject and as a wide ranging resouce for those already grounded in it, consists of 21 expository surveys written by leading experts and covering active areas of current research. They provide the reader with an up-to-date overview of this flourishing branch of mathematics. Audience Science/Mathematics Research Libraries Contents Topics in transformation groups (A. Adem and J.F .Davis). Piecewise linear topology (J.L. Bryant). Infinite dimensional topology and shape theory (A. Chigogidze). Nonpositive curvature and reflection groups (M.W. Davis). Nielsen fixed point theory (R. Geoghegan). Mapping class groups (N.V. Ivanov). Seifert manifolds (Kyung Bai Lee and F. Raymond). Quantum invariants of 3-manifolds and CW-complexes (W. Lueck). Hyperbolic manifolds (J.G .Ratcliffe). Flows with knotted closed orbits (J. Franks and M.C. Sullivan). Heegaard splittings of compact 3-manifolds (M. Scharlemann). Representations of 3-manifold groups (P.B. Schalen). Homology manifolds (S. Weinberger). R-trees in topology, geometry, and group theory (F. Bonathon). Dehn surgery on knots (S. Boyer). Geometric group theory (J. Cannon). Cohomological dimension theory (J. Dydak). Metric spaces of curvature greater than or equal to k (C. Plaut). Topological rigidity theorems (C.W. Stark). Bibliographic details Hardbound, 1144 pages, publication date: DEC-2001 ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82432-5 ISBN-10: 0-444-82432-4 Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND Price and Ordering Price: USD 255 EUR 220 GBP 155 Books and book related electronic products are priced in US dollars (USD), euro (EUR), and Great Britain Pounds (GBP). USD prices apply to the Americas and Asia Pacific. EUR prices apply in Europe and the Middle East. GBP prices apply to the UK and all other countries. See also information about conditions of sale & ordering procedures, and links to our regional sales offices. 050/500 Last update: 26 Sep 2008	Book contents Table of contents Preface & foreword Reviews Submit your review Bookmark this page Recommend this publication Overview of all books