Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture
by John Morgan, Gang Tian
Publisher: American Mathematical Society 2007
ISBN/ASIN: 0821843281
ISBN-13: 9780821843284
Number of pages: 493
Description:
This book provides full details of a complete proof of the Poincare Conjecture following Grigory Perelman's three preprints. With the large amount of background material that is presented and the detailed versions of the central arguments, this book is suitable for all mathematicians from advanced graduate students to specialists in geometry and topology.
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