Preface
1: The surgery classification of manifolds
2: Manifolds
3: Homotopy and homology
4: Poincaré duality
5: Bundles
6: Cobordism theory
7: Embeddings, immersions and singularities
8: Whitehead torsion
9: Poincaré complexes and spherical fibrations
10: Surgery on maps
11: The even-dimensional surgery obstruction
12: The odd-dimensional surgery obstruction
13: The structure set
References
Index
An excellent framework for various courses in Surgery Theory ...
very readable ... I read this fine and carefully written book with
great pleasure, and highly recommend it for everyone who wants to
undertake a deeper study of Surgery Theory and its
Applications.
*Alberto Cavicchioli (Modena), Zentralblatt MATH*
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