TY - BOOK AU - Bestvina,Mladen TI - Characterizing k-dimensional universal Menger compacta T2 - Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, SN - 9781470408008 (online) AV - QA3QA611.28 .A57 no. 380 U1 - 510 s514/.3 19 PY - 1988/// CY - Providence, R.I., USA PB - American Mathematical Society KW - Metric spaces KW - Manifolds (Mathematics) N1 - "January 1988, volume 71, number 380 (second of 5 numbers)."; Bibliography: p. 107-110; Introduction; Definitions and notation; 1. Partitions; 2. Basic moves; 3. The $Z$-set unknotting theorem; 4. The decomposition theory of Menger manifolds; 5. The characterization theorem; 6. Noncompact Menger manifolds; Appendix; Access is restricted to licensed institutions; Electronic reproduction; Providence, Rhode Island; American Mathematical Society; 2012 UR - http://www.ams.org/memo/0380 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/memo/0380 ER -