文档介绍：Graduate Texts in Mathematics 202
Editorial Board
S. Axler
. Ribet
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John M. Lee
Introduction to
Topological Manifolds
Second Edition
John M. Lee
Department of Mathematics
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-4350
USA
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Editorial Board:
S. Axler K. A. Ribet
Mathematics Department Mathematics Department
San Francisco State University University of California at Berkeley
San Francisco, CA 94132 Berkeley, CA 94720
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ISSN 0072-5285
ISBN 978-1-4419-7939-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7940-7
DOI -1-4419-7940-7
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Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 54-01, 55-01, 57-01
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Preface
Manifolds are the mathematical generalizations of curves and surfaces to arbitrary
numbers of dimensions. This book is an introductio