A guide to the classification theorem for compact surfaces
Jean H. Gallier, Dianna Xu · Choice Reviews Online · 2013
The Classification Theorem: Informal Presentation.- Surfaces.- Simplices, Complexes, and Triangulations.- The Fundamental Group, Orientability.- Homology Groups.- The Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces.- Viewing the Real Projective Plane in R3.- Proof of Proposition 5.1.- Topological Preliminaries.- History of the Classification Theorem.- Every Surface Can be Triangulated.- Notes.