Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint.

MILNOR, John W .

$1,250.00

Item Number: 114852

Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.

First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Milnor at the University of Virginia in December 1963. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. Signed by John Milnor on the title page. In fine condition.

Known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems, American mathematician John Milnor was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Abel Prize in 2011 for his "pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra." Milnor worked primarily on the topology of isolated singular points of complex hypersurfaces in general and developed the theory of the Milnor fibration whose fiber has the homotopy type of a bouquet of μ spheres where μ is known as the Milnor number. He has published numerous volumes in the field which have inspired the growth of a huge and rich research area that continues to mature to this day.