{"product_id":"the-algebraic-characterization-of-geometric-4-manifolds","title":"The Algebraic Characterization of Geometric 4-Manifolds","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes work, largely that of the author, on the characterization of closed 4-manifolds in terms of familiar invariants such as Euler characteristic, fundamental group, and Stiefel–Whitney classes. Using techniques from homological group theory, the theory of 3-manifolds and topological surgery, infrasolvmanifolds are characterized up to homeomorphism, and surface bundles are characterized up to simple homotopy equivalence. Non-orientable cases are also considered wherever possible, and in the final chapter the results obtained earlier are applied to 2-knots and complex analytic surfaces. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in low-dimensional topology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46647481794798,"sku":"9780521467780","price":80.28,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780521467780.jpg?v=1750172521","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-algebraic-characterization-of-geometric-4-manifolds","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}