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Triangulations of manifolds with few vertices. (English) Zbl 0836.57002

Advances in differential geometry and topology, 59-114 (1990).
Summary: [For the entire collection see Zbl 0745.00022.]
This paper is a slightly extended version of three lectures delivered at the workshop “Advances in Differential Geometry and Topology” at Torino in June 1987. It is divided into the following sections: (1) Introduction and definitions; (2) 2-manifolds; (3) 3-manifolds; (4) 4-manifolds; (5) Higher-dimensional examples; (6) Lower bounds; (7) Combinatorial Morse theory.

MSC:

57-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes
57Q15 Triangulating manifolds
57R20 Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology

Citations:

Zbl 0745.00022
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