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An Introduction to Contact Topology

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Availability:In StockContributor:Hansjorg GeigesSeries:Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics (Hardcover) #109Publish date:2008-03-17Pages:458
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521865852ISBN-10:521865859UPC:9780521865852Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Applied, TopologySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SC0MZQYDNX
This text on contact topology is the first comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eliashberg's proof of Cerf's theorem via the classification of tight contact structures on the 3-sphere, and the Kronheimer-Mrowka proof of property P for knots via symplectic fillings of contact 3-manifolds. Starting with the basic differential topology of contact manifolds, all aspects of 3-dimensional contact manifolds are treated in this book. One notable feature is a detailed exposition of Eliashberg's classification of overtwisted contact structures. Later chapters also deal with higher-dimensional contact topology where the focus mainly on contact surgery, but other constructions of contact manifolds are described, such as open books or fibre connected sums.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521865852ISBN-10:521865859UPC:9780521865852Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Applied, TopologySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SC0MZQYDNX
Geiges, Hansjörg: - Hansjörg Geiges is Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematisches Institut at Universität zu Köln.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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