Abstract
The subject of generalized manifolds arose naturally from many directions. This diversity of its sources lent much to its vitality and usefulness to various parts of mathematics. Many thanks are due to R. L. Wilder whose pioneering work in this area began some 50 years ago and continued for over 40 years. Today the subject has Professor Wilder’s indelible mark on it. It is mature, active and with important problems still remaining to be solved.
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- Homotopy Group
- Homology Theory
- Continuous Curf
- Topological Manifold
- Generalize Manifold
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Raymond, F. (1978). R. L. Wilder’s work on generalized manifolds — An appreciation. In: Millett, K.C. (eds) Algebraic and Geometric Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 664. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061686
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