Introduction to Topological Manifolds pp 159-182 | Cite as
Compact Surfaces
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In this chapter we undertake a detailed study of compact 2-manifolds. These are the manifolds that are most familiar from our everyday experience, and about which the most is known mathematically. They are thus excellent prototypes for the study of manifolds in higher dimensions.
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Projective Plane Euler Characteristic Quotient Space Compact Surface Geometric Realization
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