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Dold Manifold
In mathematics, a Dold manifold is one of the manifolds P(m,n) = (S^m \times \mathbb^n)/\tau, where \tau is the involution that acts as −1 on the ''m''-sphere S^m and as complex conjugation on the complex projective space \mathbb^n. These manifolds were constructed by , who used them to give explicit generators for René Thom's unoriented cobordism ring. Note that P(m,0)=\mathbb^m, the real projective space In mathematics, real projective space, denoted or is the topological space of lines passing through the origin 0 in the real space It is a compact, smooth manifold of dimension , and is a special case of a Grassmannian space. Basic properti ... of dimension ''m'', and P(0,n)=\mathbb^n. References {{Reflist Algebraic topology Manifolds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-sphere
In mathematics, an -sphere or hypersphere is an - dimensional generalization of the -dimensional circle and -dimensional sphere to any non-negative integer . The circle is considered 1-dimensional and the sphere 2-dimensional because a point within them has one and two degrees of freedom respectively. However, the typical embedding of the 1-dimensional circle is in 2-dimensional space, the 2-dimensional sphere is usually depicted embedded in 3-dimensional space, and a general -sphere is embedded in an -dimensional space. The term ''hyper''sphere is commonly used to distinguish spheres of dimension which are thus embedded in a space of dimension , which means that they cannot be easily visualized. The -sphere is the setting for -dimensional spherical geometry. Considered extrinsically, as a hypersurface embedded in -dimensional Euclidean space, an -sphere is the locus of points at equal distance (the ''radius'') from a given '' center'' point. Its interior, consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Conjugation
In mathematics, the complex conjugate of a complex number is the number with an equal real part and an imaginary part equal in magnitude but opposite in sign. That is, if a and b are real numbers, then the complex conjugate of a + bi is a - bi. The complex conjugate of z is often denoted as \overline or z^*. In polar form, if r and \varphi are real numbers then the conjugate of r e^ is r e^. This can be shown using Euler's formula. The product of a complex number and its conjugate is a real number: a^2 + b^2 (or r^2 in polar coordinates). If a root of a univariate polynomial with real coefficients is complex, then its complex conjugate is also a root. Notation The complex conjugate of a complex number z is written as \overline z or z^*. The first notation, a vinculum, avoids confusion with the notation for the conjugate transpose of a matrix, which can be thought of as a generalization of the complex conjugate. The second is preferred in physics, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Projective Space
In mathematics, complex projective space is the projective space with respect to the field of complex numbers. By analogy, whereas the points of a real projective space label the lines through the origin of a real Euclidean space, the points of a complex projective space label the ''complex plane, complex'' lines through the origin of a complex Euclidean space (see #Introduction, below for an intuitive account). Formally, a complex projective space is the space of complex lines through the origin of an (''n''+1)-dimensional complex vector space. The space is denoted variously as P(C''n''+1), P''n''(C) or CP''n''. When , the complex projective space CP1 is the Riemann sphere, and when , CP2 is the complex projective plane (see there for a more elementary discussion). Complex projective space was first introduced by as an instance of what was then known as the "geometry of position", a notion originally due to Lazare Carnot, a kind of synthetic geometry that included other proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematische Zeitschrift
''Mathematische Zeitschrift'' ( German for ''Mathematical Journal'') is a mathematical journal for pure and applied mathematics published by Springer Verlag. History The journal was founded in 1917, with its first issue appearing in 1918. It was initially edited by Leon Lichtenstein together with Konrad Knopp, Erhard Schmidt, and Issai Schur. Because Lichtenstein was Jewish, he was forced to step down as editor in 1933 under the Nazi rule of Germany; he fled to Poland and died soon after. The editorship was offered to Helmut Hasse Helmut Hasse (; 25 August 1898 – 26 December 1979) was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of ''p''-adic numbers to local class field theory and ..., but he refused, Translated by Bärbel Deninger from the 1982 German original. and Konrad Knopp took it over. Other past editors include Erich Kamke, Friedrich Karl Schmidt, Rolf Nevanlinna, Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Thom
René Frédéric Thom (; 2 September 1923 – 25 October 2002) was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became world-famous among the wider academic community and the educated general public for one aspect of this latter interest, his work as the founder of catastrophe theory (later developed by Christopher Zeeman). Life and career René Thom grew up in a modest family in Montbéliard, Doubs and obtained a Baccalauréat in 1940. After the German invasion of France, his family took refuge in Switzerland and then in Lyon. In 1941 he moved to Paris to attend Lycée Saint-Louis and in 1943 he began studying mathematics at École Normale Supérieure, becoming agrégé in 1946. He received his PhD in 1951 from the University of Paris. His thesis, titled ''Espaces fibrés en sphères et carrés de Steenrod'' (''Sphere bundles and Steenrod squares' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unoriented Cobordism Ring
This is a list of some of the ordinary and generalized (or extraordinary) homology and cohomology theories in algebraic topology that are defined on the categories of CW complexes or spectra. For other sorts of homology theories see the links at the end of this article. Notation *S=\pi=S^0 is the sphere spectrum. *S^n is the spectrum of the n-dimensional sphere *S^nY=S^n\land Y is the nth suspension of a spectrum Y. * ,Y/math> is the abelian group of morphisms from the spectrum X to the spectrum Y, given (roughly) as homotopy classes of maps. * ,Yn= ^nX,Y/math> * ,Y* is the graded abelian group given as the sum of the groups ,Yn. *\pi_n(X)= ^n,X ,Xn is the nth stable homotopy group of X. *\pi_*(X) is the sum of the groups \pi_n(X), and is called the coefficient ring of X when X is a ring spectrum. *X\land Y is the smash product of two spectra. If X is a spectrum, then it defines generalized homology and cohomology theories on the category of spectra as follows: *X_n(Y)= ,X\lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Projective Space
In mathematics, real projective space, denoted or is the topological space of lines passing through the origin 0 in the real space It is a compact, smooth manifold of dimension , and is a special case of a Grassmannian space. Basic properties Construction As with all projective spaces, is formed by taking the quotient of \R^\setminus \ under the equivalence relation for all real numbers . For all in \R^\setminus \ one can always find a such that has norm 1. There are precisely two such differing by sign. Thus can also be formed by identifying antipodal points of the unit -sphere, , in \R^. One can further restrict to the upper hemisphere of and merely identify antipodal points on the bounding equator. This shows that is also equivalent to the closed -dimensional disk, , with antipodal points on the boundary, \partial D^n=S^, identified. Low-dimensional examples * is called the real projective line, which is topologically equivalent to a circle. Thinking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topology (journal)
''Topology'' was a peer-reviewed mathematical journal covering topology and geometry. It was established in 1962 and was published by Elsevier. The last issue of ''Topology'' appeared in 2009. Pricing dispute On 10 August 2006, after months of unsuccessful negotiations with Elsevier about the price policy of library subscriptions, the entire editorial board of the journal handed in their resignation, effective 31 December 2006. Subsequently, two more issues appeared in 2007 with papers that had been accepted before the resignation of the editors. In early January the former editors instructed Elsevier to remove their names from the website of the journal, but Elsevier refused to comply, justifying their decision by saying that the editorial board should remain on the journal until all of the papers accepted during its tenure had been published. In 2007 the former editors of ''Topology'' announced the launch of the '' Journal of Topology'', published by Oxford University Press o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algebraic Topology
Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariant (mathematics), invariants that classification theorem, classify topological spaces up to homeomorphism, though usually most classify up to Homotopy#Homotopy equivalence and null-homotopy, homotopy equivalence. Although algebraic topology primarily uses algebra to study topological problems, using topology to solve algebraic problems is sometimes also possible. Algebraic topology, for example, allows for a convenient proof that any subgroup of a free group is again a free group. Main branches Below are some of the main areas studied in algebraic topology: Homotopy groups In mathematics, homotopy groups are used in algebraic topology to classify topological spaces. The first and simplest homotopy group is the fundamental group, which records information about loops in a space. Intuitively, homotopy groups record information ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
