Colin P. Rourke
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Colin Rourke is a British mathematician who worked in PL topology, low-dimensional topology, differential topology, group theory, relativity and cosmology. He is an emeritus professor at the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick and a founding editor of the journals Geometry & Topology and Algebraic & Geometric Topology, published by Mathematical Sciences Publishers, where he is the vice chair of its board of directors.
Colin P. Rourke's Published Works
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Published Works
- Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology (1972) (1112)
- RACKS AND LINKS IN CODIMENSION TWO (1992) (489)
- The braid-permutation group (1997) (198)
- Trunks and classifying spaces (1995) (197)
- On Kirby's calculus of links (1979) (149)
- A Geometric Approach to Homology Theory (1976) (127)
- Problems on invariants of knots and 3-manifolds (2004) (118)
- Δ-SETS I: HOMOTOPY THEORY (1971) (102)
- Ordering the braid groups (1998) (99)
- Block bundles: I (1968) (87)
- Braid presentation of virtual knots and welded knots (2000) (84)
- Markov's theorem in 3-manifolds (1997) (81)
- The rack space (2003) (80)
- An Introduction to Species and the Rack Space (1993) (72)
- The compression theorem I (1997) (66)
- On the Kervaire Obstruction (1971) (61)
- James Bundles and Applications (1996) (52)
- THE SINGULAR BRAID MONOID EMBEDS IN A GROUP (1998) (46)
- Order automatic mapping class groups (2000) (44)
- HOMOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UNKNOT (2003) (42)
- KLYACHKO''S METHODS AND THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS OVER TORSION-FREE GROUPS (1996) (35)
- Presentations and the trivial group (1979) (34)
- James bundles (2003) (30)
- THE EXISTENCE OF COMBINATORIAL FORMULAE FOR CHARACTERISTIC CLASSES (1978) (30)
- An embedding without a normal microbundle (1967) (30)
- Algebraic Markov equivalence for links in three-manifolds (2006) (26)
- Algebraic Markov equivalence for links in 3-manifolds (2004) (25)
- A new classification of links and some calculations using it (2000) (25)
- Block Bundles: III. Homotopy Theory (1968) (25)
- The homotopy type of homeomorphisms of 3-manifolds (1979) (24)
- Diagrams and the second homotopy group (2003) (23)
- There are two 2-twist-spun trefoils (2000) (23)
- A New Proof that 3 is Zero (1985) (22)
- ALGORITHMIC AND COMPUTER METHODS FOR THREE-MANIFOLDS (Mathematics and its Applications 425) By A. T. F OMENKO and S. V. M ATVEEV : 352 pp., £109.00, ISBN 0 7923 4770 6 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997). (2000) (18)
- The surjectivity problem for one-generator, one-relator extensions of torsion-free groups (2000) (18)
- The Hauptvermutung according to Casson and Sullivan (1996) (16)
- Δ-SETS II: BLOCK BUNDLES AND BLOCK FIBRATIONS (1971) (15)
- Characterisation of a class of equations with solutions over torsion-free groups (1998) (14)
- The compression theorem II: directed embeddings (2000) (14)
- Representing homology classes (1973) (13)
- Homology stratifications and intersection homology (1999) (13)
- Some Remarks on the Braid-Permutation Group (1993) (13)
- TOPOLOGY SEMINAR WISCONSIN, 1965 (1968) (11)
- Heegaard diagrams and homotopy 3-spheres (1988) (10)
- Equivariant Configuration Spaces (1997) (10)
- The Hauptvermutung book : a collection of papers of the topology of manifolds (1996) (9)
- Natural observer fields and redshift (2011) (7)
- WHAT IS A WELDED LINK (2007) (7)
- The compression theorem III: applications (2003) (6)
- Nice spines of 3-manifolds (1979) (6)
- COVERING THE TRACK OF AN ISOTOPY (1967) (5)
- Directed embeddings: a short proof of Gromov's theorem (2000) (5)
- On dunce hats and the Kervaire conjecture (1988) (5)
- Are gamma-ray bursts optical illusions ? (2016) (4)
- The Princeton notes on the Hauptvermutung (1996) (4)
- The adjunction problem over torsion-free groups. (2004) (3)
- Natural flat observer fields in spherically symmetric space-times (2015) (3)
- A note on complementary spines (1967) (3)
- A new approach to immersion theory (1999) (3)
- Algebraic Markov equivalence for links in 3manifolds (submitted for publication). See arXiv:math.GT/0405493 v1 (2004) (3)
- Some results on topological neighbourhoods (1970) (2)
- Order Automatic Mapping Class Groups Order Automatic Mapping Class Groups (2007) (2)
- Free involutions on homotopy $\left( {4k + 3} \right)$-spheres (1968) (2)
- A new paradigm for the universe (2003) (2)
- IMPROPER EMBEDDINGS OF P.L. SPHERES AND BALLS (1967) (2)
- A new paradigm for the structure of galaxies (2010) (1)
- Sciama’s principle and the dynamics of galaxies III: Spiral structure (2016) (1)
- Sciama’s principle and the dynamics of galaxies III: Spiral structure (2016) (1)
- Coda: connection with the results of Kirby and Siebenmann (1996) (1)
- A new paradigm for the structure of galaxies (2010) (1)
- Decompositions and the relative tubular neighbourhood conjecture (1970) (1)
- Notes on de Sitter space (2011) (1)
- Notes on de Sitter space (2011) (1)
- A counter-example to the three balls problem (1969) (1)
- FREE INVOLUTIONS ON HOMOTOPY (4&+3)-SPHERES (2007) (1)
- A Geometric Approach to Homology Theory: Coefficients (1976) (1)
- A Geometric Approach to Homology Theory: Equivariant theories and operations (1976) (0)
- Scripta Manent: Geometry & Topology: A Community-Based Publishing Initiative (2012) (0)
- Approximating a topological section by a piecewise-linear section (2016) (0)
- Angular momentum , inertial drag and tangential velocity in a rotating dynamical system (2016) (0)
- Angular momentum , inertial drag and tangential velocity in a rotating dynamical system (2016) (0)
- Mach’s principle and the dynamics of galaxies (2012) (0)
- Mach’s principle and the dynamics of galaxies (2012) (0)
- G T / 0 30 42 28 v 2 1 5 Ju n 20 03 The rack space (2003) (0)
- A new paradigm for the universe (preliminary version) (2003) (0)
- G T ] 3 0 Ja n 20 03 The compression theorem III : applications (2003) (0)
- Characterisation of a class of equationswith solutions over torsion-free groupsRoger (2007) (0)
- G T ] 1 6 A pr 2 00 3 The rack space (2008) (0)
- A T / 0 30 13 54 v 1 3 0 Ja n 20 03 James bundles (2003) (0)
- INVOLUTIONS ON MANIFOLDS (1974) (0)
- G T ] 3 D ec 1 99 7 Equivariant configuration spaces (2008) (0)
- A program to search for homotopy 3–spheres (1999) (0)
- G T ] 3 S ep 1 99 8 Ordering the braid groups (1998) (0)
- Pairs of Polyhedra and Isotopies (1982) (0)
- Geometry & Topology Monographs Homology Stratiications and Intersection Homology (2007) (0)
- G T ] 8 J un 2 00 0 There are two 2 – twist-spun trefoils (2008) (0)
- Geometry & Topology Publications: A Community Based Publishing Initiative (2002) (0)
- G T ] 2 5 Ja n 20 01 The compression theorem (2009) (0)
- J un 2 00 3 Diagrams and the second homotopy group (2008) (0)
- pinlabel A T E X labelling package (2006) (0)
- A Geometric Approach to Homology Theory: Homotopy functors (1976) (0)
- A T ] 3 0 Ja n 20 03 James bundles (2003) (0)
- A pr 2 00 5 The adjunction problem and a theorem of Serre Max (2005) (0)
- The Geometry of the Universe (2021) (0)
- Black holes, redshift and quasars (2016) (0)
- G T ] 1 9 Ja n 20 01 Equivariant configuration spaces (2001) (0)
- Mach's principle and the dynamics of galaxies: v2 Nov 2012 (2012) (0)
- A new paradigm for the universe. (arXiv:astro-ph/0311033v5 UPDATED) (2019) (0)
- On conjectures of Smale and others concerning the diffeomorphism group of S[n] and on structure theorems (1972) (0)
- Equivariant con guration spaces (2013) (0)
- THE LICKORISH-WALLACE THEOREM (2019) (0)
- General Position and Applications (1982) (0)
- The adjunction problem and a theorem of Serre (2021) (0)
- of Mathematics ORDER AUTOMATIC MAPPING CLASS GROUPS (2006) (0)
- Haken characterisation of S 3 Colin RourkeCharacterisation of the three sphere following HakenColin (2007) (0)
- WHAT IS A WELDED LINK? corrected version (2018) (2018) (0)
- A geometric alternative to dark matter (2019) (0)
- G T ] 1 5 Ju n 20 03 The rack space (2008) (0)
- The geometry of CW complexes (1976) (0)
- Polyhedra and P.L. Maps (1982) (0)
- A NEW PROOF THAT O, IS ZERO (2006) (0)
- Further topics for authors (1996) (0)
- Model Categories and Tqft's Model Categories and Topological Quantum Eld Theories (2007) (0)
- A FIXED POINT THEOREM AND RELATIVE ASPHERICITY by Max FORESTERand (2005) (0)
- A T ] 1 8 O ct 2 00 4 Diagrams and the second homotopy group (2008) (0)
- Geometry & topology: a community-based publishing initiative (2012) (0)
- Pacific Journal of Mathematics ORDER AUTOMATIC MAPPING CLASS GROUPS (2006) (0)
- SOME RESULTS ON TOPOLOGICAL NEIGHBOURHOODS BY C. P. ROURKE AND B. J. SANDERSON (2007) (0)
- Towards a scientific theory for astrology (2020) (0)
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