Preface // Smooth manifolds and smooth maps // Tangent spaces and derivatives // Regular values // The fundamental theorem of algebra // The theorem of Sard and Brown // Manifolds with boundary // The Brouwer fixed point theorem // Proof of Sard’s theorem // The degree modulo 2 of a mapping // Smooth homotopy and smooth isotopy // Oriented manifolds // The Brouwer degree // Vector fields and the Euler number // Framed cobordism; the Pontryagin construction // The Hopf theorem // Exercises // Appendix: Classifying 1-manifolds // Bibliography // Index