Overview

This book contains expository papers that give an up-to-date account of recent developments and open problems in the geometry and topology of manifolds, along with several research articles that present new results appearing in published form for the first time. The unifying theme is the problem of understanding manifolds in low dimensions, notably in dimensions three and four, and the techniques include algebraic topology, surgery theory, Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten gauge theory, Heegaard Floer homology, contact and symplectic geometry, and Gromov-Witten invariants. The articles collected for this volume were contributed by participants of the Conference 'Geometry and Topology of Manifolds' held at McMaster University on May 14-18, 2004 and are representative of the many excellent talks delivered at the conference.

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Author:   Hans U. Boden ,  Ian Hambleton ,  Andrew J. Nicas ,  B.Doug Park
Publisher:   American Mathematical Society
Imprint:   American Mathematical Society
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   No. 47
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9780821837245

ISBN 10:   0821837249
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   30 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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