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algebraic topology
- In topology: Differential topology
Many tools of algebraic topology are well-suited to the study of manifolds. In the field of differential topology an additional structure involving “smoothness,” in the sense of differentiability (see analysis: Formal definition of the derivative), is imposed on manifolds. Since early investigation in…
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work of Milnor
- In John Willard Milnor
…1962 for his work in differential topology and the Abel Prize in 2011 for his work in topology, geometry, and algebra.
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