Shape theory. An introduction

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

shape theory introduction shape category decomposition spaces algebraic properties n-movability cell-like maps shape invariants Cech systems pointed 1-movable continua pointed absolute neighborhood shape retracts shape functor shape retracts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to general topology (54-01) Shape theory in general topology (54C56) Shape theory (55P55) Shapes (aspects of topological manifolds) (57N25) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to algebraic topology (55-01) Shape groups (55Q07)

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