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In this chapter we introduce the main objects of study, polyhedra and p.l. maps. The chapter consists mostly of definitions, examples, and exercises. In a final section we introduce the main results of the book: the Poincaré conjecture and the h-cobordism theorem. This section may be omitted until after Chapter 5 if the reader wishes; we have included it here to give a taste of deeper results.
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Rourke, C.P., Sanderson, B.J. (1982). Polyhedra and P.L. Maps. In: Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology. Springer Study Edition, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81735-9_1
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