Research Directions in Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology

This book highlights a number of recent research advances in the field of symplectic and contact geometry and topology, and related areas in low-dimensional topology. This field has experienced significant and exciting growth in the past few decades, and this volume provides an accessible introducti...

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Other Authors: Acu, Bahar (Editor), Cannizzo, Catherine (Editor), McDuff, Dusa (Editor), Myer, Ziva (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Association for Women in Mathematics Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Polyfold proof of Gromov's non-squeezing theorem (K. Wehrheim)
  • Infinite staircases for Hirzebruch surfaces (T. Holm)
  • Action-angle and complex coordinates on toric manifolds (H. Lee)
  • An introduction to Weinstein handlebodies for complements of smoothed Toroc divisors (B. Acu)
  • Constructions of Lagrangian Cobordisms (L. Traynor)
  • On Khovanov homology and related invariants (M. Zhang)
  • Braids, Fibered Knots, and Concordance Questions (D. Hubbard)