## Geometric topology in dimensions 2 and 3.(English)Zbl 0349.57001

Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 47. New York - Heidelberg - Berlin: Springer-Verlag. X, 262 p. DM 45.00; \$ 19.80 (1977).

### MSC:

 57N10 Topology of general $$3$$-manifolds (MSC2010) 55-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to algebraic topology 57M35 Dehn’s lemma, sphere theorem, loop theorem, asphericity (MSC2010) 57M30 Wild embeddings 57M25 Knots and links in the $$3$$-sphere (MSC2010) 55-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to algebraic topology 57M40 Characterizations of the Euclidean $$3$$-space and the $$3$$-sphere (MSC2010) 57-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes 57-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes 57N05 Topology of the Euclidean $$2$$-space, $$2$$-manifolds (MSC2010) 57N35 Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds 57N40 Neighborhoods of submanifolds 57Q15 Triangulating manifolds 57Q25 Comparison of PL-structures: classification, Hauptvermutung