A Guide to the Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces

This welcome boon for students of algebraic topology cuts a much-needed central path between other texts whose treatment of the classification theorem for compact surfaces is either too formalized and complex for those without detailed background knowledge, or too informal to afford students a compr...

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Main Authors: Gallier, Jean. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Xu, Dianna. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Geometry and Computing,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34364-3