- Analysis Situs (book)
Analysis Situs is an influential
mathematical paper (and a series of addenda) written byHenri Poincaré . Besides providing the first systematic treatment oftopology , Poincaré revolutionized the subject by using algebraic structures to distinguish between non-homeomorphic topological space s, effectively creating the subject ofalgebraic topology .In the papers he introduced the concepts of
fundamental group andsimplicial homology , provided an early formulation ofPoincaré duality , gave theEuler-Poincaré characteristic forchain complexes , and mentioned several important conjectures including thePoincaré conjecture ..References
* Henri Poincaré, "Analysis Situs", Journal de l'École Polytechnique ser 2, 1 (1895) pages 1-123.
* Henri Poincaré, "Complément à l'Analysis Situs", Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo, 13 (1899) pages 285-343.
* Henri Poincaré, "Second complément à l'Analysis Situs",Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society , 32 (1900), pages 277-308.
* Henri Poincaré, "Sur certaines surfaces algébriques ; troisième complément à l'Analysis Situs", Bulletin de la Société mathématique de France, 30 (1902), pages 49-70.
* Henri Poincaré, "Sur les cycles des surfaces algébriques ; quatrième complément à l'Analysis Situs", Journal de mathématiques pures et appliquées, 5° série, 8 (1902), pages 169-214.
* Henri Poincaré, "Cinquième complément à l'analysis situs", Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo 18 (1904) pages 45-110.
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