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Author Geiges, Hansjörg, 1966- author.

Title A course on holomorphic discs / Hansjörg Geiges, Kai Zehmisch
Published Cham : Birkhäuser, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 189 pages) : illustrations
Series Birkhäuser advanced texts = Basler Lehrbücher, 2296-4894
Virtual series on symplectic geometry
Birkhäuser advanced texts. 2296-4894
Virtual series on symplectic geometry.
Contents Gromov's Nonsqueezing Theorem -- Compactness -- Bounds of Higher Order -- Elliptic Regularity -- Transversality
Summary This textbook, based on a one-semester course taught several times by the authors, provides a self-contained, comprehensive yet concise introduction to the theory of pseudoholomorphic curves. Gromov’s nonsqueezing theorem in symplectic topology is taken as a motivating example, and a complete proof using pseudoholomorphic discs is presented. A sketch of the proof is discussed in the first chapter, with succeeding chapters guiding the reader through the details of the mathematical methods required to establish compactness, regularity, and transversality results. Concrete examples illustrate many of the more complicated concepts, and well over 100 exercises are distributed throughout the text. This approach helps the reader to gain a thorough understanding of the powerful analytical tools needed for the study of more advanced topics in symplectic topology. This text can be used as the basis for a graduate course, and it is also immensely suitable for independent study. Prerequisites include complex analysis, differential topology, and basic linear functional analysis; no prior knowledge of symplectic geometry is assumed. This book is also part of the Virtual Series on Symplectic Geometry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 11, 2023)
Subject Symplectic and contact topology.
Pseudoholomorphic curves.
Pseudoholomorphic curves
Symplectic and contact topology
Form Electronic book
Author Zehmisch, Kai, author
ISBN 9783031360640
3031360648