Knot theory, a branch of topology dedicated to the study of embeddings of circles in three-dimensional space, intersects deeply with homotopy theory—the study of continuous deformations between ...
Cobordism theory, a cornerstone of geometric topology, analyses the equivalence classes of manifolds by utilising the concept of cobordism – whereby two manifolds are considered equivalent if they ...
Abstract: Conjecture and plausible reasoning are often necessary precursors to rigorous mathematical proof. Polya discussed this at length in his two volume work on Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning ...