Download or read book The Reidemeister Torsion of 3-manifolds written by Liviu I. Nicolaescu and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses the theoretical foundations of torsion, one of the oldest topological variants. It presents the work of Reidmeister, Taubes, Turaev and the author, focusing particularly on diverse examples and techniques rather than abstract generalizations.