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1 | (4) |
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2 Simplicial (Co)homology |
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5 | (54) |
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5 | (6) |
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2.2 Definitions of Simplicial (Co)homology |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (6) |
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20 | (10) |
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2.4.1 Reduction to Components |
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20 | (1) |
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2.4.2 0-Dimensional (Co)homology |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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2.4.4 Poincare Series and Polynomials |
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23 | (1) |
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2.4.5 (Co)homology of a Cone |
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23 | (2) |
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2.4.6 The Euler Characteristic |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (4) |
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2.5 The Homomorphism Induced by a Simplicial Map |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (6) |
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2.7 Relative (Co)homology |
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41 | (6) |
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2.8 Mayer-Vietoris Sequences |
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47 | (2) |
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2.9 Appendix A: An Acyclic Carrier Result |
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49 | (1) |
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2.10 Appendix B: Ordered Simplicial (Co)homology |
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50 | (5) |
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2.11 Exercises for Chapter 2 |
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55 | (4) |
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3 Singular and Cellular (Co)homologies |
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59 | (68) |
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3.1 Singular (Co)homology |
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59 | (29) |
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59 | (7) |
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3.1.2 Relative Singular (Co)homology |
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66 | (7) |
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3.1.3 The Homotopy Property |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (3) |
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3.1.5 Well Cofibrant Pairs |
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78 | (9) |
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3.1.6 Mayer-Vietoris Sequences |
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87 | (1) |
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3.2 Spheres, Disks, Degree |
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88 | (6) |
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3.3 Classical Applications of the mod 2 (Co)homology |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (6) |
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3.5 Cellular (Co)homology |
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102 | (6) |
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3.6 Isomorphisms Between Simplicial and Singular (Co)homology |
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108 | (4) |
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112 | (6) |
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3.8 Eilenberg-MacLane Spaces |
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118 | (5) |
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3.9 Generalized Cohomology Theories |
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123 | (1) |
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3.10 Exercises for Chapter 3 |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (74) |
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127 | (7) |
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4.1.1 The Cup Product in Simplicial Cohomology |
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127 | (4) |
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4.1.2 The Cup Product in Singular Cohomology |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (5) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Connected Sum(s) of Closed Topological Manifolds |
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135 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Cohomology Algebras of Surfaces |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (8) |
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4.3.1 H1, Fundamental Group and 2-Fold Coverings |
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139 | (3) |
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4.3.2 The Characteristic Class |
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142 | (2) |
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4.3.3 The Transfer Exact Sequence of a 2-Fold Covering |
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144 | (2) |
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4.3.4 The Cohomology Ring of RPn |
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146 | (1) |
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4.4 Nilpotency, Lusternik-Schnirelmann Categories and Topological Complexity |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (6) |
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4.6 The Cross Product and the Kunneth Theorem |
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156 | (9) |
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4.7 Some Applications of the Kunneth Theorem |
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165 | (33) |
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4.7.1 Poincare Series and Euler Characteristic of a Product |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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4.7.3 The Cohomology Ring of a Product of Spheres |
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166 | (1) |
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4.7.4 Smash Products and Joins |
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167 | (5) |
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4.7.5 The Theorem of Leray-Hirsch |
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172 | (8) |
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4.7.6 The Thorn Isomorphism |
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180 | (9) |
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4.7.7 Bundles Over Spheres |
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189 | (5) |
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4.7.8 The Face Space of a Simplicial Complex |
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194 | (2) |
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4.7.9 Continuous Multiplications on K(Z2,m) |
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196 | (2) |
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4.8 Exercises for Chapter 4 |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (38) |
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5.1 Algebraic Topology and Manifolds |
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201 | (1) |
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5.2 Poincare Duality in Polyhedral Homology Manifolds |
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202 | (9) |
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5.3 Other Forms of Poincare Duality |
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211 | (10) |
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211 | (4) |
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5.3.2 Manifolds with Boundary |
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215 | (2) |
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5.3.3 The Intersection Form |
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217 | (2) |
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5.3.4 Non Degeneracy of the Cup Product |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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5.4 Poincare Duality and Submanifolds |
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221 | (15) |
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5.4.1 The Poincare Dual of a Submanifold |
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221 | (4) |
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5.4.2 The Gysin Homomorphism |
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225 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Intersections of Submanifolds |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (5) |
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5.5 Exercises for Chapter 5 |
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236 | (3) |
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239 | (20) |
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6.1 The Cohomology Ring of Projective Spaces---Hopf Bundles |
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239 | (6) |
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245 | (4) |
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6.2.1 The Borsuk-Ulam Theorem |
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245 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Non-singular and Axial Maps |
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246 | (3) |
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249 | (8) |
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249 | (1) |
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6.3.2 The Hopf Invariant and Continuous Multiplications |
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250 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Dimension Restrictions |
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252 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Hopf Invariant and Linking Numbers |
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253 | (4) |
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6.4 Exercises for Chapter 6 |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (66) |
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7.1 Spaces with Involution |
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259 | (15) |
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274 | (9) |
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7.3 Localization Theorems and Smith Theory |
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283 | (5) |
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7.4 Equivariant Cross Products and Kunneth Theorems |
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288 | (10) |
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7.5 Equivariant Bundles and Euler Classes |
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298 | (11) |
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7.6 Equivariant Morse-Bott Theory |
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309 | (12) |
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7.7 Exercises for Chapter 7 |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (30) |
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8.1 Cohomology Operations |
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326 | (4) |
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8.2 Properties of Steenrod Squares |
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330 | (3) |
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8.3 Construction of Steenrod Squares |
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333 | (6) |
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339 | (7) |
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346 | (6) |
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352 | (2) |
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8.7 Exercises for Chapter 8 |
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354 | (1) |
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9 Stiefel-Whitney Classes |
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355 | (78) |
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9.1 Trivializations and Structures on Vector Bundles |
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355 | (8) |
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9.2 The Class w1---Orientability |
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363 | (4) |
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9.3 The Class w2---Spin Structures |
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367 | (5) |
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9.4 Definition and Properties of Stiefel-Whitney Classes |
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372 | (3) |
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375 | (25) |
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9.5.1 Definitions and Morse Theory |
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376 | (5) |
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381 | (8) |
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9.5.3 Schubert Cells and Stiefel-Whitney Classes |
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389 | (11) |
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400 | (4) |
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9.7 Complex Flag Manifolds |
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404 | (7) |
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411 | (14) |
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9.8.1 Wu's Classes and Formula |
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411 | (4) |
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9.8.2 Orientability and Spin Structures |
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415 | (3) |
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9.8.3 Applications to 3-Manifolds |
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418 | (2) |
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9.8.4 The Universal Class for Double Points |
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420 | (5) |
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425 | (7) |
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9.9.1 Representing Homology Classes by Manifolds |
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425 | (4) |
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9.9.2 Cobordism and Stiefel-Whitney Numbers |
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429 | (3) |
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9.10 Exercises for Chapter 9 |
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432 | (1) |
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10 Miscellaneous Applications and Developments |
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433 | (68) |
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10.1 Actions with Scattered or Discrete Fixed Point Sets |
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433 | (3) |
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436 | (8) |
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10.3 Chain and Polygon Spaces |
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444 | (26) |
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10.3.1 Definitions and Basic Properties |
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444 | (5) |
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10.3.2 Equivariant Cohomology |
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449 | (9) |
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10.3.3 Non-equivariant Cohomology |
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458 | (6) |
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10.3.4 The Inverse Problem |
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464 | (4) |
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10.3.5 Spatial Polygon Spaces and Conjugation Spaces |
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468 | (2) |
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10.4 Equivariant Characteristic Classes |
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470 | (5) |
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10.5 The Equivariant Cohomology of Certain Homogeneous Spaces |
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475 | (10) |
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10.6 The Kervaire Invariant |
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485 | (13) |
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10.7 Exercises for Chapter 10 |
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498 | (3) |
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11 Hints and Answers for Some Exercises |
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501 | (16) |
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11.1 Exercises for Chapter 2 |
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501 | (1) |
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11.2 Exercises for Chapter 3 |
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502 | (1) |
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11.3 Exercises for Chapter 4 |
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503 | (3) |
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11.4 Exercises for Chapter 5 |
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506 | (1) |
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11.5 Exercises for Chapter 6 |
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507 | (1) |
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11.6 Exercises for Chapter 7 |
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508 | (4) |
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11.7 Exercises for Chapter 8 |
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512 | (1) |
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11.8 Exercises for Chapter 9 |
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513 | (1) |
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11.9 Exercises for Chapter 10 |
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514 | (3) |
References |
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517 | (10) |
Index |
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