Hansjorg Geiges (Universitat zu Koln)

An Introduction to Contact Topology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 852g
• ISBN-13: 9780521865852
• ISBN-10: 0521865859
• Artikelnr.: 23116637

Autorenporträt

Hansjörg Geiges is Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematisches Institut at Universität zu Köln.

Inhaltsangabe

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.