Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory

Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781108759588
ISBN-13 : 1108759580
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Book Synopsis Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory by : Chris Wendl

Download or read book Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory written by Chris Wendl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersection theory has played a prominent role in the study of closed symplectic 4-manifolds since Gromov's famous 1985 paper on pseudoholomorphic curves, leading to myriad beautiful rigidity results that are either inaccessible or not true in higher dimensions. Siefring's recent extension of the theory to punctured holomorphic curves allowed similarly important results for contact 3-manifolds and their symplectic fillings. Based on a series of lectures for graduate students in topology, this book begins with an overview of the closed case, and then proceeds to explain the essentials of Siefring's intersection theory and how to use it, and gives some sample applications in low-dimensional symplectic and contact topology. The appendices provide valuable information for researchers, including a concise reference guide on Siefring's theory and a self-contained proof of a weak version of the Micallef–White theorem.


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