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050	0	0	_aQA613.659 _b.G45 2008
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100	1		_aGeiges, Hansjörg, _d1966- _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to contact topology / _cHansjörg Geiges.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2008.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 440 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; _v109
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis text on contact topology is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eliashberg's proof of Cerf's theorem via the classification of tight contact structures on the 3-sphere, and the Kronheimer-Mrowka proof of property P for knots via symplectic fillings of contact 3-manifolds. Starting with the basic differential topology of contact manifolds, all aspects of 3-dimensional contact manifolds are treated in this book. One notable feature is a detailed exposition of Eliashberg's classification of overtwisted contact structures. Later chapters also deal with higher-dimensional contact topology. Here the focus is on contact surgery, but other constructions of contact manifolds are described, such as open books or fibre connected sums. This book serves both as a self-contained introduction to the subject for advanced graduate students and as a reference for researchers.
650		0	_aSymplectic and contact topology.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521865852
830		0	_aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; _v109.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611438
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