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## Massey, William S.

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 Documents Indexed: 56 Publications since 1949, including 10 Books
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#### Co-Authors

 41 single-authored 5 Blakers, Albert Laurence 3 Peterson, Franklin P. 2 Traldi, Lorenzo 1 Auslander, Louis 1 Green, Leon W. 1 Hahn, Frank J. 1 Markus, Lawrence 1 Rolfsen, Dale 1 Stallings, John R. 1 Szczarba, Robert H. 1 Uehara, Hiroshi
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#### Serials

 7 Annals of Mathematics. Second Series 5 Pacific Journal of Mathematics 4 Indiana University Mathematics Journal 4 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 4 Graduate Texts in Mathematics 3 Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana. Segunda Serie 2 American Mathematical Monthly 2 Duke Mathematical Journal 2 Topology and its Applications 2 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 1 American Journal of Mathematics 1 Geometriae Dedicata 1 Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 1 Tohoku Mathematical Journal. Second Series 1 Topology 1 Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1 Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications 1 Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics 1 Annals of Mathematics Studies 1 Princeton Mathematical Series 1 Pure and Applied Mathematics, Marcel Dekker
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#### Fields

 20 Manifolds and cell complexes (57-XX) 18 Algebraic topology (55-XX) 4 Group theory and generalizations (20-XX) 2 History and biography (01-XX) 1 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory (15-XX) 1 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds (58-XX)

#### Citations contained in zbMATH

48 Publications have been cited 1,239 times in 1,102 Documents Cited by Year
Algebraic topology: An introduction. Zbl 0153.24901
Massey, William S.
1967
A basic course in algebraic topology. Zbl 0725.55001
Massey, William S.
1991
Algebraic topology: An introduction. 4th corr. print. Zbl 0361.55002
Massey, William S.
1977
Flows on homogeneous spaces. Appendix by L. Greenberg. Zbl 0106.36802
Auslander, Louis; Green, Leon W.; Hahn, Frank J.; Markus, Lawrence; Massey, William S.
1963
Singular homology theory. Zbl 0442.55001
Massey, William S.
1980
Homology and cohomology theory. An approach based on Alexander-Spanier cochains. Zbl 0377.55004
Massey, William S.
1978
Exact couples in algebraic topology. I.-V. Zbl 0049.24002
Massey, W. S.
1953
How to give an exposition of the Cech-Alexander-Spanier type homology theory. Zbl 0377.55005
Massey, W. S.
1978
Proof of a conjecture of Whitney. Zbl 0198.56701
Massey, W. S.
1969
The cohomology structure of certain fibre spaces. I. Zbl 0132.19103
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1965
The mod 2 cohomology structure of certain fibre spaces. Zbl 0168.44002
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1967
Some higher order cohomology operations. Zbl 0123.16103
Massey, W. S.
1958
On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. Zbl 0089.39301
Massey, W. S.
1960
Surfaces of Gaussian curvature zero in Euclidean 3-space. Zbl 0114.36903
Massey, W. S.
1962
Obstructions to the existence of almost complex structures. Zbl 0192.29601
Massey, W. S.
1961
On the normal bundle of a sphere imbedded in Euclidean space. Zbl 0094.36002
Massey, W. S.
1959
Homotopy classification of higher dimensional links. Zbl 0575.57011
Massey, W. S.; Rolfsen, D.
1985
The Jacobi identity for Whitehead products. Zbl 0077.36402
Uehara, Hiroshi; Massey, W. S.
1957
The homotopy groups of a triad. II. Zbl 0046.40604
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1952
On the cohomology ring of a sphere bundle. Zbl 0089.39204
Massey, W. S.
1958
Cross products of vectors in higher dimensional Euclidean spaces. Zbl 0532.55011
Massey, W. S.
1983
Products in homotopy theory. Zbl 0053.12802
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1953
Products in exact couples. Zbl 0057.15204
Massey, W. S.
1954
The homotopy groups of a triad I. Zbl 0042.17301
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1951
The quotient space of the complex projective plane under conjugation is a 4-sphere. Zbl 0273.57019
Massey, W. S.
1973
Completion of link modules. Zbl 0464.57001
Massey, W. S.
1980
On the dual Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. Zbl 0121.18005
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1963
Some problems in algebraic topology and the theory of fibre bundles. Zbl 0068.16205
Massey, W. S.
1955
Algebraic topology: An introduction. (Algebraiceskaja topologija. Vvedenie.). Zbl 0361.55003
Massey, William S.; Stallings, John
1977
On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. II. Zbl 0109.15902
Massey, W. S.
1962
Higher order linking numbers. Zbl 0911.57009
Massey, W. S.
1998
Pontryagin squares in the Thom space of a bundle. Zbl 0188.28504
Massey, W. S.
1969
Imbedding of projective planes and related manifolds in spheres. Zbl 0285.57016
Massey, W. S.
1974
Higher order linking numbers. Zbl 0212.55904
Massey, W. S.
1969
Some new algebraic methods in topology. Zbl 0055.16601
Massey, W. S.
1954
The homotopy groups of a triad. III. Zbl 0053.12901
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1953
Non-existence of almost complex structures on quaternionic projective spaces. Zbl 0112.14702
Massey, W. S.
1962
Normal vector fields on manifolds. Zbl 0100.19301
Massey, W. S.
1961
On a conjecture of K. Murasugi. Zbl 0563.57003
Massey, William S.; Traldi, Lorenzo
1986
Reminiscences of forty years as a mathematician. Zbl 0666.01009
Massey, W. S.
1989
Algebraic topology: An introduction. 5th corr. printing. Zbl 0457.55001
Massey, William S.
1981
Finite covering spaces of 2-manifolds with boundary. Zbl 0291.57001
Massey, W. S.
1974
Line elements fields on manifolds. Zbl 0112.38002
Massey, W. S.; Szczarba, R. H.
1962
On the imbeddability of the real projective spaces in Euclidean space. Zbl 0094.36003
Massey, W. S.
1959
A history of cohomology theory. Zbl 1001.55002
Massey, William S.
1999
The homotopy type of certain configuration spaces. Zbl 0853.57022
Massey, W. S.
1992
Homotopy classification of 3-component links of codimension greater than 2. Zbl 0717.57009
Massey, W. S.
1990
A generalization of the Alexander duality theorem. Zbl 0483.55001
Massey, W. S.
1981
A history of cohomology theory. Zbl 1001.55002
Massey, William S.
1999
Higher order linking numbers. Zbl 0911.57009
Massey, W. S.
1998
The homotopy type of certain configuration spaces. Zbl 0853.57022
Massey, W. S.
1992
A basic course in algebraic topology. Zbl 0725.55001
Massey, William S.
1991
Homotopy classification of 3-component links of codimension greater than 2. Zbl 0717.57009
Massey, W. S.
1990
Reminiscences of forty years as a mathematician. Zbl 0666.01009
Massey, W. S.
1989
On a conjecture of K. Murasugi. Zbl 0563.57003
Massey, William S.; Traldi, Lorenzo
1986
Homotopy classification of higher dimensional links. Zbl 0575.57011
Massey, W. S.; Rolfsen, D.
1985
Cross products of vectors in higher dimensional Euclidean spaces. Zbl 0532.55011
Massey, W. S.
1983
Algebraic topology: An introduction. 5th corr. printing. Zbl 0457.55001
Massey, William S.
1981
A generalization of the Alexander duality theorem. Zbl 0483.55001
Massey, W. S.
1981
Singular homology theory. Zbl 0442.55001
Massey, William S.
1980
Completion of link modules. Zbl 0464.57001
Massey, W. S.
1980
Homology and cohomology theory. An approach based on Alexander-Spanier cochains. Zbl 0377.55004
Massey, William S.
1978
How to give an exposition of the Cech-Alexander-Spanier type homology theory. Zbl 0377.55005
Massey, W. S.
1978
Algebraic topology: An introduction. 4th corr. print. Zbl 0361.55002
Massey, William S.
1977
Algebraic topology: An introduction. (Algebraiceskaja topologija. Vvedenie.). Zbl 0361.55003
Massey, William S.; Stallings, John
1977
Imbedding of projective planes and related manifolds in spheres. Zbl 0285.57016
Massey, W. S.
1974
Finite covering spaces of 2-manifolds with boundary. Zbl 0291.57001
Massey, W. S.
1974
The quotient space of the complex projective plane under conjugation is a 4-sphere. Zbl 0273.57019
Massey, W. S.
1973
Proof of a conjecture of Whitney. Zbl 0198.56701
Massey, W. S.
1969
Pontryagin squares in the Thom space of a bundle. Zbl 0188.28504
Massey, W. S.
1969
Higher order linking numbers. Zbl 0212.55904
Massey, W. S.
1969
Algebraic topology: An introduction. Zbl 0153.24901
Massey, William S.
1967
The mod 2 cohomology structure of certain fibre spaces. Zbl 0168.44002
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1967
The cohomology structure of certain fibre spaces. I. Zbl 0132.19103
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1965
Flows on homogeneous spaces. Appendix by L. Greenberg. Zbl 0106.36802
Auslander, Louis; Green, Leon W.; Hahn, Frank J.; Markus, Lawrence; Massey, William S.
1963
On the dual Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. Zbl 0121.18005
Massey, W. S.; Peterson, F. P.
1963
Surfaces of Gaussian curvature zero in Euclidean 3-space. Zbl 0114.36903
Massey, W. S.
1962
On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. II. Zbl 0109.15902
Massey, W. S.
1962
Non-existence of almost complex structures on quaternionic projective spaces. Zbl 0112.14702
Massey, W. S.
1962
Line elements fields on manifolds. Zbl 0112.38002
Massey, W. S.; Szczarba, R. H.
1962
Obstructions to the existence of almost complex structures. Zbl 0192.29601
Massey, W. S.
1961
Normal vector fields on manifolds. Zbl 0100.19301
Massey, W. S.
1961
On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a manifold. Zbl 0089.39301
Massey, W. S.
1960
On the normal bundle of a sphere imbedded in Euclidean space. Zbl 0094.36002
Massey, W. S.
1959
On the imbeddability of the real projective spaces in Euclidean space. Zbl 0094.36003
Massey, W. S.
1959
Some higher order cohomology operations. Zbl 0123.16103
Massey, W. S.
1958
On the cohomology ring of a sphere bundle. Zbl 0089.39204
Massey, W. S.
1958
The Jacobi identity for Whitehead products. Zbl 0077.36402
Uehara, Hiroshi; Massey, W. S.
1957
Some problems in algebraic topology and the theory of fibre bundles. Zbl 0068.16205
Massey, W. S.
1955
Products in exact couples. Zbl 0057.15204
Massey, W. S.
1954
Some new algebraic methods in topology. Zbl 0055.16601
Massey, W. S.
1954
Exact couples in algebraic topology. I.-V. Zbl 0049.24002
Massey, W. S.
1953
Products in homotopy theory. Zbl 0053.12802
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1953
The homotopy groups of a triad. III. Zbl 0053.12901
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1953
The homotopy groups of a triad. II. Zbl 0046.40604
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1952
The homotopy groups of a triad I. Zbl 0042.17301
Blakers, A. L.; Massey, W. S.
1951
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#### Cited by 1,402 Authors

 9 Han, Sang-Eon 9 Thomas, Paul Emery 8 Suciu, Alexander I. 7 Carter, J. Scott 6 Church, Philip T. 6 Host, Bernard 6 Kra, Bryna 6 Reidys, Christian Michael 6 Smith, Larry 6 Timourian, J. G. 5 Dłotko, Paweł 5 Gross, Jonathan L. 5 Kamada, Seiichi 5 Mahowald, Mark Edward 5 Massey, William S. 5 Mohar, Bojan 5 Mrozek, Marian 5 Peralta-Salas, Daniel 5 Singer, William M. 5 Širáň, Jozef 5 Wang, He 4 Dydak, Jerzy 4 Fernández Rodríguez, Marisa 4 Huang, Fenix W. D. 4 Hurder, Steven E. 4 Kasuya, Naohiko 4 Koschorke, Ulrich 4 Levine, Jerome P. 4 Lukina, Olga 4 Nedela, Roman 4 Parry, Gareth P. 4 Repovš, Dušan D. 4 Schrijver, Alexander 4 Selvakumar, Krishnan 4 Skopenkov, Arkadiĭ Borisovich 4 Spanier, Edwin Henry 4 Toda, Hirosi 4 Tucker, Thomas W. 4 Zieschang, Heiner 3 Alpert, Seth R. 3 Arquès, Didier G. 3 Bödi, Richard 3 Bressan, Alberto 3 Brown, Robert F. 3 Buijs, Urtzi 3 Chen, Kuo-Tsai 3 Daverman, Robert J. 3 Ding, Xie Ping 3 Enciso, Alberto 3 Fiala, Jiří 3 Finashin, Sergey Mikhailovich 3 Geiges, Hansjörg 3 Glasner, Eli 3 Golasiński, Marek 3 Gonçalves, Daciberg Lima 3 Gorbatsevich, Vladimir V. 3 Hardie, Keith A. 3 Harper, John R. 3 Helmke, Uwe R. 3 Honda, Atsufumi 3 Hsiang, Wu-Chung 3 James, Ioan Mackenzie 3 Kaczynski, Tomasz 3 Khashyarmanesh, Kazem 3 Komendarczyk, Rafal 3 Lannes, Jean E. 3 Löwen, Rainer 3 Mardešić, Sibe 3 Martin, John Rowlay 3 May, Jon Peter 3 McClendon, James F. 3 Mdzinarishvili, Leonard 3 Melikhov, Sergey Aleksandrovich 3 Molnár, Emil 3 Moreno-Fernández, José Manuel 3 Mundici, Daniele 3 Muñoz Velázquez, Vicente 3 Nicks, Rachel 3 Palazzo, Reginaldo jun. 3 Rafat, Hesham 3 Saito, Masahico 3 Satoh, Shin 3 Schirmer, Helga 3 Schwartz, Lionel 3 Shonkwiler, Clayton 3 Škoviera, Martin 3 Smirnov, Vladimir Alekseevich 3 Specogna, Ruben 3 Stong, Robert E. 3 Swann, Andrew F. 3 Szczarba, Robert H. 3 Walters, Peter 3 Wei, Guofang 3 Whitehead, George W. 3 Wood, John W. 3 Yang, Huijun 3 Zarati, Said 3 Ziou, Djemel 2 Acquistapace, Francesca 2 Afkhami, Mojgan ...and 1,302 more Authors
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#### Cited in 253 Serials

 100 Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 72 Topology and its Applications 50 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 34 Mathematische Zeitschrift 26 Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 20 Journal of Algebra 20 Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B 20 Mathematische Annalen 20 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 19 Discrete Mathematics 19 Inventiones Mathematicae 15 Advances in Mathematics 14 Annales de l’Institut Fourier 13 Manuscripta Mathematica 12 Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 11 Duke Mathematical Journal 11 Tohoku Mathematical Journal. Second Series 11 Discrete & Computational Geometry 11 Algebraic & Geometric Topology 10 Archiv der Mathematik 9 Communications in Mathematical Physics 9 Geometriae Dedicata 9 Differential Geometry and its Applications 8 European Journal of Combinatorics 8 Linear Algebra and its Applications 7 Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 7 Journal of Geometry and Physics 7 Journal of Differential Equations 7 Journal of Functional Analysis 7 Nagoya Mathematical Journal 7 Theoretical Computer Science 7 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. New Series 7 Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods & Applications 6 Israel Journal of Mathematics 6 Journal d’Analyse Mathématique 6 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 6 Mathematical Notes 6 Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 6 Nuclear Physics. B 6 Information Sciences 6 Journal of Computer and System Sciences 6 Mathematical Systems Theory 6 International Journal of Mathematics 6 Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York) 6 Geometry & Topology 6 Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures 5 Communications in Algebra 5 Journal of Mathematical Physics 5 Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta 5 Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France 5 Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A 5 Journal of Soviet Mathematics 5 Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods & Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods 5 Advances in Applied Mathematics 5 Journal of Symbolic Computation 5 Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations 5 Annals of Mathematics. Second Series 5 Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris 5 Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics 5 Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications 4 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 4 The Mathematical Intelligencer 4 Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg 4 Acta Mathematica 4 Annales Scientifiques de l’École Normale Supérieure. Quatrième Série 4 Applied Mathematics and Computation 4 Cahiers de Topologie et Géométrie Différentielle Catégoriques 4 Glasgow Mathematical Journal 4 Journal of Geometry 4 Mathematika 4 Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 4 Computational Geometry 4 The Journal of Geometric Analysis 4 Journal of Elasticity 4 Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications 3 Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 3 Computers & Mathematics with Applications 3 International Journal of Theoretical Physics 3 Mathematical Biosciences 3 Compositio Mathematica 3 Michigan Mathematical Journal 3 Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Series II 3 Siberian Mathematical Journal 3 Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 3 Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry 3 $$K$$-Theory 3 Forum Mathematicum 3 Science in China. Series A 3 Pattern Recognition 3 Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series 3 Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 3 Documenta Mathematica 3 Acta Mathematica Sinica. English Series 3 Kodai Mathematical Seminar Reports 3 Journal of Topology 2 Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society 2 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2 Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 2 International Journal of Control 2 International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology ...and 153 more Serials
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#### Cited in 57 Fields

 341 Manifolds and cell complexes (57-XX) 283 Algebraic topology (55-XX) 124 Differential geometry (53-XX) 111 Combinatorics (05-XX) 89 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX) 74 Group theory and generalizations (20-XX) 71 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds (58-XX) 70 Algebraic geometry (14-XX) 65 Computer science (68-XX) 63 General topology (54-XX) 51 Category theory; homological algebra (18-XX) 44 Topological groups, Lie groups (22-XX) 43 Several complex variables and analytic spaces (32-XX) 34 Associative rings and algebras (16-XX) 33 Commutative algebra (13-XX) 33 Quantum theory (81-XX) 30 Convex and discrete geometry (52-XX) 28 Partial differential equations (35-XX) 27 Functions of a complex variable (30-XX) 22 Number theory (11-XX) 19 Nonassociative rings and algebras (17-XX) 19 Functional analysis (46-XX) 19 Geometry (51-XX) 17 Measure and integration (28-XX) 17 Operator theory (47-XX) 17 Numerical analysis (65-XX) 15 Mathematical logic and foundations (03-XX) 15 Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization (49-XX) 14 Ordinary differential equations (34-XX) 14 Systems theory; control (93-XX) 13 Fluid mechanics (76-XX) 13 Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences (91-XX) 12 $$K$$-theory (19-XX) 11 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory (15-XX) 10 Biology and other natural sciences (92-XX) 9 Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures (06-XX) 9 Mechanics of particles and systems (70-XX) 9 Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX) 7 Probability theory and stochastic processes (60-XX) 7 Mechanics of deformable solids (74-XX) 6 Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) 6 Operations research, mathematical programming (90-XX) 5 Field theory and polynomials (12-XX) 5 Abstract harmonic analysis (43-XX) 5 Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX) 4 General and overarching topics; collections (00-XX) 4 Potential theory (31-XX) 4 Statistics (62-XX) 3 History and biography (01-XX) 3 General algebraic systems (08-XX) 3 Information and communication theory, circuits (94-XX) 2 Harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces (42-XX) 1 Real functions (26-XX) 1 Difference and functional equations (39-XX) 1 Approximations and expansions (41-XX) 1 Integral equations (45-XX) 1 Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer (80-XX)

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