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This is a transcription of a series of 4 lectures presented at the Newton Institute in December 2000 to an audience of fluid dynamicists and an astrophysicist. It explains how to use two of the simplest yet effective topological tools: intersection number and degree of a map.
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Tokieda, T. (2001). Topology in Four Days. In: Ricca, R.L. (eds) An Introduction to the Geometry and Topology of Fluid Flows. NATO Science Series, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0446-6_3
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