TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gay,David
TI  - Explorations in topology: Map coloring, surfaces, and knots 
SN  - 0123708583 (alk. paper)
U1  - 514 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - Elsevier Academic Press
KW  - Topology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acme does maps and considers coloring them -- Acme adds tours -- Acme collects data from maps -- Acme collects more data, proves a theorem, and returns to coloring maps -- Acme's solicitor proves a theorem: the four-color conjecture -- Acme adds doughnuts to its repertoire -- Acme considers the Mobius strip -- Acme creates new worlds: Klein bottles and other surfaces -- Acme makes order out of chaos: surface sums and Euler numbers -- Acme classifies surfaces -- Acme encounters the fourth dimension -- Acme colors maps on surfaces: Heawood's estimate -- Acme gets all tied up with knots -- Where to go from here: projects
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