This updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed and successful text for undergraduates examines topology of recent compact surfaces through the development of simple ideas in plane geometry. Containing over 171 diagrams, the approach allows for a straightforward treatment of its subject area. It is particularly attractive for its wealth of applications and variety of interactions with branches of mathematics, linked with surface topology, graph theory, group theory, vector field theory, and plane Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.

About the Author
Peter A Firby and Cyril F Gardiner, University of Exeter, UK

Reviews
"In the top ten for books conveying the dreadful secret that mathematics is fascinating." --New Scientist



Book Information
ISBN 9781898563778
Author P A Firby
Format Hardback
Page Count 270
Imprint Horwood Publishing Ltd
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Weight(grams) 610g