To attack certain problems in 4-dimensional knot theory the author draws on a variety of techniques, focusing on knots in S^T4, whose fundamental groups contain abelian normal subgroups. Their class contains the most geometrically appealing and best understood examples. Moreover, it is possible to apply work in algebraic methods to these problems. Work in four-dimensional topology is applied in later chapters to the problem of classifying 2-knots.
| ISBN: | 9780521378123 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 1989 |
| Author: | Jonathan Hillman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Australian Mathematical Society Lecture Series |
| Genres: |
Algebraic topology |