This 1989 monograph investigates groups acting on low-dimensional topological spaces, and for the most part the viewpoint is algebraic. A familiarity with group theory is sufficient background for the first third of the book, while the later chapters occasionally state without proof and then apply various facts which require knowledge of homological algebra and algebraic topology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Conventions; 1. Groups and graphs; 2. Cutting graphs and building trees; 3. The almost stability theorem; 4. Applications of the almost stability theorem; 5. Poincaré duality; 6. Two-dimensional complexes and three-dimensional manifolds; Bibliography and author index; Symbol index; Subject index.
Klappentext
This 1989 monograph investigates groups acting on low-dimensional topological spaces, and for the most part the viewpoint is algebraic.
