"A very valuable book. In little over 200 pages, it presents a well-organized and surprisingly comprehensive treatment of most of the basic material in differential topology, as far as is accessible without the methods of algebraic topology....There is an abundance of exercises, which supply many beautiful examples and much interesting additional information, and help the reader to become thoroughly familiar with the material of the main text." -MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
"A very valuable book. In little over 200 pages, it presents a well-organized and surprisingly comprehensive treatment of most of the basic materia...
The intention of the authors is to examine the relationship between piecewise linear structure and differential structure: a relationship, they assert, that can be understood as a homotopy obstruction theory, and, hence, can be studied by using the traditional techniques of algebraic topology.
Thus the book attacks the problem of existence and classification (up to isotopy) of differential structures compatible with a given combinatorial structure on a manifold. The problem is completely "solved" in the sense that it is reduced to standard problems of algebraic topology.
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The intention of the authors is to examine the relationship between piecewise linear structure and differential structure: a relationship, they ass...
Sets the stage for the application of algebraic automata theory to areas outside mathematics. This book includes treatments of topics such as models of time as algebra via semigroup theory; evolution-complexity relations applicable to both ontogeny and evolution; and an approach to classification of biological reactions and pathways.
Sets the stage for the application of algebraic automata theory to areas outside mathematics. This book includes treatments of topics such as models o...
Introduces an algebraic approach to complexity and the understanding of finite systems. This book covers topics such as models of time as algebra via semigroup theory; evolution-complexity relations applicable to both ontogeny and evolution; and an approach to classification of biological reactions and pathways.
Introduces an algebraic approach to complexity and the understanding of finite systems. This book covers topics such as models of time as algebra via ...
An extraordinary mathematical conference was held 5-9 August 1990 at the University of California at Berkeley: From Topology to Computation: Unity and Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences An International Research Conference in Honor of Stephen Smale's 60th Birthday The topics of the conference were some of the fields in which Smale has worked: Differential Topology Mathematical Economics Dynamical Systems Theory of Computation Nonlinear Functional Analysis Physical and Biological Applications This book comprises the proceedings of that conference. The goal of the conference was to gather...
An extraordinary mathematical conference was held 5-9 August 1990 at the University of California at Berkeley: From Topology to Computation: Unity and...
"A very valuable book. In little over 200 pages, it presents a well-organized and surprisingly comprehensive treatment of most of the basic material in differential topology, as far as is accessible without the methods of algebraic topology....There is an abundance of exercises, which supply many beautiful examples and much interesting additional information, and help the reader to become thoroughly familiar with the material of the main text." -MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
"A very valuable book. In little over 200 pages, it presents a well-organized and surprisingly comprehensive treatment of most of the basic materia...
