The Reidemeister torsion of 3-manifolds

zbMath1024.57002MaRDI QIDQ1871415

Liviu I. Nicolaescu

Publication date: 8 May 2003

Published in: De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Reidemeister torsion; 3-manifold; Turaev's refined torsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57R57: Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds

57M05: Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus

57M12: Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings

57Q10: Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc.

57-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes

55N25: Homology with local coefficients, equivariant cohomology

43A40: Character groups and dual objects

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