Introduction to the Geometry of Foliations, Part B - Foliations of Codimension One

"The book ...is a storehouse of useful information for the mathematicians interested in foliation theory." (John Cantwell, Mathematical Reviews 1992)

List of contents

Contents: Basic constructions and examples - Structure of codimension-one foliations - Exceptional minimal sets of compact foliated manifolds; a theorem of Sacksteder - One side holonomy; vanishing cycles and closed transversals - Foliations without holonomy - Growth - Holonomy invariant measures.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hirsch ist geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Ulrich Hirsch & Partner Unternehmensberater in Bonn.

Product details

• Authors: Gilber Hector, Gilbert Hector, Ulrich Hirsch
• Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1987
• EAN: 9783528185688
• ISBN: 978-3-528-18568-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Weight: 424 g
• Illustrations: m. Darst.
• Series: Aspects of Mathematics; Aspects of Mathematics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Maschinenbau, Geometrie, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, Ingenieurwissenschaft - Ingenieurwissenschaftler, Topologie