UID:
almahu_9947363050602882
Format:
VIII, 124 p. 13 illus.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9783034883214
Series Statement:
Lectures in Mathematics ETH Zürich, Department of Mathematics Research Institute of Mathematics
Note:
I Algebraic Theory of Torsions -- 1 Torsion of chain complexes -- 2 Computation of the torsion -- 3 Generalizations and functoriality of the torsion -- 4 Homological computation of the torsion -- II Topological Theory of Torsions -- 5 Basics of algebraic topology -- 6 The Reidemeister—Franz torsion -- 7 The Whitehead torsion -- 8 Simple homotopy equivalences -- 9 Reidemeister torsions and homotopy equivalences -- 10 The torsion of lens spaces -- 11 Milnor’s torsion and Alexander’s function -- 12 Group rings of finitely generated abelian groups -- 13 The maximal abelian torsion -- 14 Torsions of manifolds -- 15 Links -- 16 The Fox Differential Calculus -- 17 Computing ?(M3) from the Alexander polynomial of links -- III Refined Torsions -- 18 The sign-refined torsion -- 19 The Conway link function -- 20 Euler structures -- 21 Torsion versus Seiberg—Witten invariants -- References.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783764364038
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-0348-8321-4
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8321-4
