{"product_id":"introduction-to-piecewise-linear-topology-colin-p-rourke-9783540111023","title":"Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology","description":"The first five chapters of this book form an introductory course in piece- wise-linear topology in which no assumptions are made other than basic topological notions. This course would be suitable as a second course in topology with a geometric flavour, to follow a first course in point-set topology, andi)erhaps to be given as a final year undergraduate course. The whole book gives an account of handle theory in a piecewise- linear setting and could be the basis of a first year postgraduate lecture or reading course. Some results from algebraic topology are needed for handle theory and these are collected in an appendix. In a second appen- dix are listed the properties of Whitehead torsion which are used in the s-cobordism theorem. These appendices should enable a reader with only basic knowledge to complete the book. The book is also intended to form an introduction to modern geo- metric topology as a research subject, a bibliography of research papers being included. We have omitted acknowledgements and references from the main text and have collected these in a set of \"historical notes\" to be found after the appendices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin P. Rourke, B. J. Sanderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3540111026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783540111023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.29d","brand":"Colin P. Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136090493183,"sku":"9783540111023","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99c0f3bf-c690-423b-a51e-d183ee02ae5f.jpg?v=1726415653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/introduction-to-piecewise-linear-topology-colin-p-rourke-9783540111023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}