Branched standard spines of 3-manifolds /

Branched standard spines of 3-manifolds /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Benedetti, R.
Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1997.
Description:	viii, 132 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1653 Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1653.
Subject:	Three-manifolds (Topology) Three-manifolds (Topology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2705084

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Varying Form of Title:	Branched standard spines of three manifolds
Other authors / contributors:	Petronio, Carlo, 1966-
ISBN:	3540626271 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-130) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Motivations, plan and statements
2. A review on standard spines and o-graphs
3. Branched standard spines
4. Manifolds with boundary
5. Combed closed manifolds
6. More on combings, and the closed calculus
7. Framed and spin manifolds
8. Branched spines and quantum invariants
9. Problems and perspectives
10. Homology and cohomology computations.