A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds

@article{FrancescoCostantino2005,
abstract = {We give a self-contained introduction to the theory of shadows as a tool to study smooth 3-manifolds and 4-manifolds. The goal of the present paper is twofold: on the one hand, it is intended to be a shortcut to a basic use of the theory of shadows, on the other hand it gives a sketchy overview of some of the most recent results on shadows. No original result is proved here and most of the details of the proofs are left out.},
author = {Francesco Costantino},
journal = {Fundamenta Mathematicae},
keywords = {polyhedra; manifolds; shadow; spine},
language = {eng},
number = {1},
pages = {271-291},
title = {A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/282653},
volume = {188},
year = {2005},
}

TY - JOUR
AU - Francesco Costantino
TI - A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds
JO - Fundamenta Mathematicae
PY - 2005
VL - 188
IS - 1
SP - 271
EP - 291
AB - We give a self-contained introduction to the theory of shadows as a tool to study smooth 3-manifolds and 4-manifolds. The goal of the present paper is twofold: on the one hand, it is intended to be a shortcut to a basic use of the theory of shadows, on the other hand it gives a sketchy overview of some of the most recent results on shadows. No original result is proved here and most of the details of the proofs are left out.
LA - eng
KW - polyhedra; manifolds; shadow; spine
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/282653
ER -