Introduction to Contact Topology

Informationen zum Autor Hansjörg Geiges is Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematisches Institut at Universität zu Köln. Klappentext This self-contained text is an introduction to contact topology. Ideal for graduate courses on contact geometry, and as a reference for researchers. Zusammenfassung This self-contained text is a comprehensive introduction to the subject of contact topology. The reader is led from the historical roots of contact geometry to striking recent applications in geometric and differential topology. Ideal for graduate courses on contact geometry! and as a reference for researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Facets of Contact Geometry; 2. Contact Manifolds; 3. Knots in Contact 3-Manifolds; 4. Contact Structures on 3-Manifolds; 5. Symplectic Fillings and Convexity; 6. Contact Surgery; 7. Further Constructions of Contact Manifolds; 8. Contact Structures on 5-Manifolds; Appendix A. The generalised Poincaré lemma; Appendix B. Time-dependent vector fields; References; Notation Index; Author Index; Subject Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hansjorg Geiges
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.03.2008
• EAN: 9780521865852
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86585-2
• Pagine: 458
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Altro