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Overview"This book presents the first steps of a theory of confoliations designed to link geometry and topology of three-dimensional contact structures with the geometry and topology of codimension-one foliations on three-dimensional manifolds. Developing almost independently, these theories at first glance belonged to two different worlds: The theory of foliations is part of topology and dynamical systems, while contact geometry is the odd-dimensional ""brother"" of symplectic geometry. However, both theories have developed a number of striking similarities. Confoliations--which interpolate between contact structures and codimension-one foliations--should help us to understand better links between the two theories. These links provide tools for transporting results from one field to the other. This book is intended for graduate students and research mathematicians working in differential and symplectic geometry, low-dimensional topology, the theory of foliations and several complex variable; some physicists and engineers." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yakov Eliashberg , William P. ThurstonPublisher: American Mathematical Society Imprint: American Mathematical Society Volume: No. 13 Weight: 0.170kg ISBN: 9780821807767ISBN 10: 0821807765 Pages: 66 Publication Date: 30 November 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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