Lectures on three-manifold topology. (English) Zbl 0433.57001

Jaco, William

Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, 43. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society (AMS). XII, 251 p. $ 9.60 (1980).

MSC:

57-02	Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes
57N10	Topology of general \(3\)-manifolds (MSC2010)
57M05	Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus
57M35	Dehn’s lemma, sphere theorem, loop theorem, asphericity (MSC2010)

Keywords:

Dehn’s lemma; loop theorem; prime decomposition of 3-manifolds; incompressible surfaces; Haken-manifolds; 3-manifold groups; Seifert 3- manifolds; 3-manifolds covered by Seifert 3-manifolds; manifold compactifications; characteristic submanifold; torus theorem; annulus theorem; deforming homotopy equivalences into homeomorphisms

Citations:

Zbl 0345.57001